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What is Love? Answers by Children: “When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” Rebecca, age 8 “When someone loves you, the way they say your name...

Source: https://www.gottman.com/ I think one of the most important aspects of being a parent is protecting your child, but the above quote gives us something to think about and discuss; controlling your own behavior could relate to making sure aspects of ego don't control you when reacting and...

From the book, The ADD & ADHD Answer Book: Professional Answers to 275 of the Top Questions Parents Ask, by Susan Ashley Ph.D.

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This is of course focused more at the youngsters out there, as this is such a natural process of life whether a parent or guardian is around to suppress such activity or not — it is going to take place anyway. As a parent, or even someone that simply cares another another being, we naturally...

Microbiologist Marie-Claire Arrieta is co-author of a new book called Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Our Children from an Oversanitized World. From Bernie's Unspun, comes this article interviewing Arrieta who has written a book about what is being called 'the hygeiene hypothesis'...

"Let Kids Be Kids"! :)

I was thinking about what 'Conscious Parenting' actually means to me, so I decided to do a little research. Not surprisingly, conscious parenting just like much else in life comes back to the individual's healing journey. It involves truly knowing yourself, your emotional triggers and making...

I watched an interview with Jane Goodall (Star Talk) where she was asked how she became interested in science. She recounted a story of visiting a farm when she was 4 yrs old with her mom. She was tasked with collecting eggs from the hen house, but when she asked where the eggs came from, the...

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? This can be a very challenging question to answer for (new) parents (to be) and researching this polarising topic can be very daunting. This article on where to start when researching vaccines is really helpful to get you on your way...