5 Parenting Myths That Need To Be Busted Right Now
First-time parents are overwhelmed as it is because no one can ever prepare them for them what to expect when they have a baby no matter how anyone tries to do so. All that anyone can do for them is to give them encouragement and offer them a helping hand during the...
Stop Giving Unsolicited Parenting Advice If You Don’t Have Kids – Actress Dabota Lawson
Dabota Lawson brings out an important message. If you do not have kids, never give advice that is unsolicited to parents. You don't know a thing about parenting and besides, parents have their own way of parenting that suits them best. Do you have any idea of what it...
What Parents Need To Know Before Giving CBD Oil To Their Kids
People are quite excited about how CBD oil is being used to treat many ailments such as depression, anxiety, and physical ailments as well. And this is known because there is so much buzz about the healing effects of CBD oil for many ailments that people have which...
What Are The Common Modern Parenting Mistakes?
It is so easy to judge parents because they make plenty of mistakes, but you have to remember that parents are winging it just like you are (if you are a parent that is). However, the mistakes in the linked article below are not typical of ones that you would think...
We Need To Stop Judging People On Their Parenting
You will parent your kids very differently than I do and would, and you would parent your kids very differently than I would. As long as your kids are clothed, fed, and housed, and obviously loved, then there is no need to judge otherwise. And when you are talking...
Alcohol, Parenting and the Pandemic
I can only imagine how pandemic parenting has brought in not-so-healthy coping mechanisms among parents. They are stressed, and they are not only afraid of catching the virus and bringing it to those that are vulnerable, but they are stuck at home with their kids....
Pandemic Parenting | Exasperated With Your Kids? Here’s What To Do.
Your elementary-age school child is taking his spoon and purposely knocking it over and over again on the table because he is bored. However, the sound of the spoon constantly hitting the table over and over again is grating on you. And you once and for all lose it...
How Common Are Cavities And Other Oral Health Problems In Children?
Many kids end up with cavities or tooth decay in the USA, Canada, and in other countries as well. The reason for this is due to the fact that kids don't brush their teeth properly as it is easy to miss spots on teeth while brushing as the back of the teeth doesn't...
Central Coast Voices: Parenting Children With Special Needs During COVID-19
One thing that I am so thankful for is that my son with complex special needs is no longer living at home. He left for the residential school three years ago and again, the timing was excellent for that. Firstly, he is doing well, and he is happy, and thriving. He is...
PCOS Is Not Only Damaging To Fertility In Women
For so many years polycystic ovarian syndrome or PCOS has been a major cause for hardship for 1 in 10 women. It is a condition that is characterized by too much testosterone being released which causes excessive hair growth on the face, arms, fingers, toes, or backs...
5 Self-Care Tips For New Moms That Are Not Often Talked About
When it comes to brand new moms utilizing self-care tips, you usually hear about tips that involve sleeping when the baby sleeps, delegating tasks, or finding time to read a relaxing book while taking a bath. Self-Care Tips For New Moms However, there are some...
The Truth About How Parenting A Child With Special Needs Affects Mental Health
When you are pregnant you are looking forward to the birth of your child and you and your partner will have visions about how he or she will grow up. You will imagine the milestones that the child will hit, as well as the type of friends that your child will have, and...
One And Done: If Your Only Child Has Profound Special Needs, Have You Fully Envisioned Your Future?
You were looking forward to having a family of four of five, or three kids, but things did not work out that way. You often hear of parents being one and done due to the fact that there were pregnancy or postpartum complications involved.
For instance, if you had a severe case of pre-eclampsia during your pregnancy to the point that it almost killed you and your baby, you would be scared to get pregnant the second time.
Or if your postpartum depression turned into psychosis, you would be afraid to risk it again. Perhaps financially you could not afford to have more kids. The reasons are endless.
The Painful Truth About Parenting Burnout
Parenting burnout is a huge problem among so many parents of young children and parents of kids with special needs regardless of their age. And when it comes to times such as what we are dealing with now in regards to Covid, parents will become even more burned out of kids that are at an age or at a developmental stage of being quite dependant.
What Really Is The Biggest Complication Of Motherhood?
Moms everywhere need a lot of support and advice that go from self-care tips to pregnancy, labor, and delivery, age-appropriate toys for infants and toddlers, feeding picky eaters, and the list goes on! Let’s talk about finding balance in motherhood.
Parenting 101: 5 Crafts For Kids To Do While At Home
Since you are stuck at home due to the current circumstances, you can do some fall crafts with your kids to make your pandemic parenting a little easier. And even if there was no pandemic, these fall crafts are fun while the kids are still young regardless of the year...
7 Self-Care Tips That Moms Must Utilize As Often As Possible
Moms and self-care. This is a foreign concept to mothers of young children, new moms, and moms of special needs kids or adults. They are too busy caring for their babies and are neglecting their own basic needs. That is the worst possible thing that any mom can do...
I’m Parenting an Anxious Child During the Pandemic and I’m Overwhelmed—Please Help
Parenting during the pandemic is one of the most stressful times to be a parent, especially for young kids and teens are having it rough as well. Kids with special needs are having it rough, and their parents are feeling like they are losing it. I hate the term...
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