Holiday activities for kids can be fun, simple, and educational, and will keep the little ones busy and excited! See our exciting ideas for kids of all ages. Engage them with these activities and watch them get busy! You will never hear kids say ‘I’m bored’ during the holidays again! Key Takeaways: Donate toys to children in need. There are

The clinical evidence also showed that time-outs don’t work unless parents practice time-ins — positive, sometimes physical, reinforcements of good behavior. “Periodically, you touch your child’s head, or smile, or say a word of praise,” he explains. This essential yin to the time-out yang was not something that had been stressed in medical school. Key Takeaways: Putting your child in

Amidst the chaos of holiday shopping, tree trimming and menu planning, don’t forget about a very important person in your life: your nanny. She is the person who keeps your life in balance throughout the year — and possibly the only one who can cure your holiday headache. Here is a list of some of our favorite Christmas gifts for

Two years ago maybe three they caved to the elf on the shelf hysteria, primarily because their kids were bewildered and a little hurt that no elves invaded their house come Christmas time to spy and create mischief. This was right when the whole elf thing was exploding in popularity, and these things were hard to find. Luckily, the kids

IKEA US announced on Tuesday that effective January 1, 2017 it will offer a new parental leave policy for workers who are expanding their families, providing up to four months of paid parental leave. The announcement comes a little more than a month after IKEA broke ground on its Jacksonville location. The new policy includes salaried and hourly workers, both

From rules and regulations. From standing in line. From asking permission to visit the bathroom or have a drink. And most importantly from restrictive time constraints. We have the time to investigate an interesting subject in depth. We have the time to stop and watch a caterpillar eat its way across a leaf. And we have the time to close

Talking with an adolescent can be like walking through a minefield; at any moment, you could be asking what you thought was a simple, sincere question, only to find it triggering an explosive response. You know that communication keeps you connected to your child, but it often seems to backfire because of the type of questions asked. Key Takeaways: Naturally,

A new study poses the theory that kids believing in Santa Claus could be damaging in the long run and cause them to distrust parents. CBS News reports that the study by a psychology professor at the University of Exeter in the U.K. hypothesized that the “morality of making children believe in such myths has to be questioned.” Key Takeaways:

For young toddlers, the most common sleep problem is frequent waking—some naturally wake up as many as six times during a single night. Sleep trouble isn’t just an adult problem; kids have trouble getting to sleep, too. And they usually keep their parents up with them! Bedtime can become a battle when little bodies don’t bide by the clock. Key

Are you a new parent? If you have a baby, you’ve probably looked up just about everything you possibly can when it comes to kids — and you know just about everything under the sun that you could know. And you also probably know that there’s not enough hours in the day to do what you do, but what about