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Whether you’re planning a vacation or a staycation, kids and road trips don’t always go hand in hand! Here are some tips to make your road trip a success:   Top 6 Tips For A Road Trip With Kids   1: Snacks We all like to snack when we’re bored! Kids are no different. Make sure you pack some snacks to keep your kids satisfied and occupied. When my kids were little, I used to give them a small apple or a banana – it took them forever to eat and it was relatively mess-free, healthy, and filling!     2. Nap Time...

   With information so readily available at the touch of a button, we can find out everything we need to know about any given subject in a matter of clicks. First-time parents especially tend to devour every parenting book, blog, website, and forum. We equip ourselves with all the information that we think we’ll need and then some. Every cry is analyzed, every poop is discussed, every feed is noted. But sometimes less is more. Sure, read the books, ask others for advice but it’s so easy to get overwhelmed with information.   Ask 100 people for advice and you’ll get...

When we think back to the adults in our lives who had the biggest impact on us as children - what kind of people were they? If you can recall your student days (admittedly, some of mine are a bit of a blur!) which teachers did you like the best? Do you remember your favorite relative or family friend was growing up? For me, the people I remember the best were those who taught by example and were full of patience.   They modeled what needed to be done and never talked down to me. They did not harp on about my...

There are several key developmental skills that our little ones should be practicing regularly. One of them is the development of hand-eye coordination.   What is hand-eye coordination? Basically, it’s when your hands and sight work together simultaneously to be able to do things that require speed and accuracy such as catching or hitting a ball - activities that use the information our eyes perceive (visual spatial perception) to tell our brain to guide our hands to carry out a movement. In reality, pretty much everything we do with our hands, uses hand-eye coordination – when we pick up a toy, when we drink...

Do you panic if your friend’s child passes a milestone before yours? Do you find yourself googling “why is my child…” or “when should my child…?” Do you hear a child in the park playfully counting her dolls, and then wonder why your child isn’t at that stage yet? The biggest advice we can give you is DO NOT PANIC. They all catch up eventually! Read on for our top 10 parenting tips to raising a happy, well adjusted child.  Some kids advance faster than others. Some kids excel at certain things, others struggle in certain areas. There are lots of...