Whether you’ve been a parent for just a few weeks or a few years, it’s easy to lose track of everything going on. Work and other outside pressures all take away your attention… and children change so fast so quickly! It’s easy to get overwhelmed and feel as though keeping strongly connec
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
How Much Structure is Too Much? Different philosophies: some people give their children a lot of structure in playtime; others leave it up to the children to develop their own structures. Problems: Too much structure can stifle creativity in children, because they aren’t able to step outside the i