Hand-written birthday cards and sorry letters on your bedside table. These are just a few of the joys of this stage of raising your children. From four to twelve, we can keep being their confidante and best friend if we stop bossing around these tiny bosses. Not known as the hardest part, because children are independent and like to do things themselves, this is where the homework struggles begin.
Where do I start? I belong to a family of five siblings including myself. My eldest sister got married at a very early age, I was barely 10. Surrounded by three rowdy boys, I became a tomboy. The only difference was my parents instilled manners in me and skipped teaching manners to the boys. I…
This June, my eldest son, who has an autism diagnosis, turned 10. He had received his diagnosis when he was around 3 years old. Initially, the diagnosis comes as a shock. One feels numb and goes into denial. This is a natural reaction before one reaches the acceptance stage. A lot of questions and ideas…
‘Boys don’t cry!’, ‘Scared, what are you a girl?’, ‘Pink is for girls!’ We have been hearing these statements since always. Have you ever wondered why and how statements like these have stood the test of time? The rooms, clothes, and stationery for girls is all pink and glittery and for boys it’s blue. Who…
Do you want your children to know the importance of logic, strategy, and creativity from an early age? I do too and that’s why I asked this super creative coding mama all about how. The super creative coding mama is Dr. Anum Shahid Nawab, a doctor, the founder of Super Creative Mamas – Global, and most…
We got our first 7 Habits of Happy Kids book as a present more than two years ago. It was a thin paperback called “Just the Way I Am” and it pertained to habit 1 of the proclaimed 7 habits. It was about a hedgehog called Pokey who used to get bullied at school because of his…
I have been keen on raising tolerant children since Zaviar, my firstborn, came into this world. The world we live in today needs a lot of tolerance and a lot more kindness than it already has. Thankfully, we are getting there because more and more people are becoming more aware and teaching tolerance to their children….
Respectful parenting means to seek to establish a relationship with our children instead of trying to control them. It’s the idea that simply put- love is enough! But what does that mean exactly? Learn in this article. History of Parenting Never hug and kiss [your children]. Never let them sit on your lap. If you…
Now that Zaviar and I are close to six weeks into playing this at home kids coding app, I think it’s the perfect time for me to give codeSpark Academy a review. About two months ago, I was looking for an app that would help kids understand the basic principles of coding. I wanted something like Scratch but for…
This LeapFrog LeapReader review has been way overdue. My son got the LeapFrog LeapReader for his second birthday. Honestly, I simply stuffed it in the cupboard because on the packaging it said: 4-8 YEARS. Just before his third birthday, my husband decided to open it and show it to Zaviar. I was hesitant and told him it…
I’ve been wanting to write about raising readers for quite a while now. My husband and I had been thinking about teaching my four-year-old how to read. We really wanted to instill the love of reading in him and even pondered over sending him to one of those places that teach children reading but never got around…