How are your New Year resolutions if you had ones? I bet you are not that strongly committed to them anymore or you even stopped doing what you promised yourself… Read more Small changes to your lifestyle make a big difference in your well-being →
In Brussels you can probably find any language you want. It is crazy when instead of greeting serving personnel asks „Nederlands? English? Francais?“ In case our native language is not one of these, how do we keep it and make sure that our children know this language very well? I will call this language the minority language – language which is different from the main environment’s language. After reading a book* on this, I think I understand the main principles. The main main principles are actually two: Exposure. The basics… Read more How to keep the minority language? →
Some children do not want or even hate going to school simply because they are constantly being told what to do (e.g. to study a particular subject this particular hour) or are not allowed to do something that they would love (e.g. to leave school’s territory). They even feel like in a prison. Some parents accept their children’s whining as a norm and say that “I have to work. You have to study. It is your work”. It is your prison. For twelve years. Other parents worry and look for… Read more Where to find motivation to go to school? →
Recently I noticed that in many potentially difficult situations the conflict with my daughter could be avoided, simply by giving information. When I get that feeling that right here and… Read more My daughter is three and she needs to learn a lot →
Your child stopped eating dinner, just started eating less than normal or suddenly became quite picky? Well, just do not worry and accept her behavior as it is. I do… Read more Your child would not eat? Just do not worry →
In the past, children would spend most of their time in nature. Nowadays it is no longer the case. Some parents do go to parks and nature places with… Read more Get your kids to nature! →
My daughter often wants to do the things her way. When it is in any way possible, I let her. This results in her having a summer hat in the… Read more My daughter is two and she often says “no, me, myself!” →
Every parent will agree that it is important to read with or to children. With a variety of stories and fairy tales, we first of all have to choose what… Read more The value of fairy tales →
One of the most frequent parents’ questions is what to do when they are in the heat of an anger with their children, when, it seems, rational mind does not work anymore, when they just want to scream or even worse, to hit their precious child. It seems there is not much they can do with their children when being angry. Similarly, as with angry children, parents cannot really solve difficulties at the heat of the moment. So better just retreat, just try to calm down. Here are three useful… Read more What to do to prepare for your anger moments? →
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