Words via Parent TV, our Parent & Educator platform. Are your kids feeling worried about coronavirus? Even if they haven’t got a full understanding of the issue, they’re probably picking up on how others in their community are feeling, acting and talking about it. This incomplete understandi
Being the best parent that we can be is hard work. Often, it’s easy to get stuck on the details and forget the big-picture stuff… like self-care. While it seems paradoxical at times, putting others first all the time can have negative effects on our own health. And when the family’s main c
Last flu season was a nasty one, and reports out of the northern hemisphere predict that this year’s could be even worse. So what can you do to protect your family from being hit hard by influenza? Get vaccinated The flu vaccine this year is made up of the four influenza variants that experts thin
Children are prone to having accidents. And generally speaking, we don’t want to stop all chance of them having those accidents, because that’s how they learn to move and interact with the world around them. However, we also want to keep them safe from serious harm, and that’s where these firs
3 Ways to Reduce Over-Stimulation in the Home We hear a lot about the importance of providing stimulation for children – new toys, new people, new places, new experiences. What we don’t hear about as much is over-stimulation – when a child experiences more sensory input that they can effective
Effect of a nurturing environment on brain development Children learn a surprising amount in the first few years of life, and some of those lessons shape how they learn and react to the world around them for the rest of their lives. We’ve put together a list of the basic elements that affect a chi
Immunisations are a hot topic at the moment, especially with the influenza season just behind us and the government heavily encouraging adherence to childhood vaccination schedules in order to claim benefits and participate in childcare and education. We think that immunisations are a very important