I've often been accused of being too much of a textbook Mum and that I ought to listen more to my own instincts or to follow the age-old parenting advice that has been passed on from generation to generation. Well, here is where I get into a bit of … [Read more]
The Stand Against Corporal Punishment
I confess that I was never always against the idea of corporal punishment. At one stage, I even believed that if you "spare the rod", you "spoil the child". My only defence lies in the fact that I believed it back in days before I … [Read more]
Choosing a Parenting Style
I was browsing through a blog by Casia Talbert called Healthy Moms recently and came across one of her older posts about the topic of Parenting in which she asked her readers to share their thoughts. With Gavin demonstrating a more willful nature of … [Read more]
5 Tips for a Happy Toddler in a Carseat
I saw a rather cute ad from Mothercare recently that goes like this: MICHAEL'S RIGHTS RELATING TO BUGGY RIDES/CAR TRAVEL I reserve the right to go as stiff as a board as you attempt to strap me in. I reserve the right to become uncontrollably … [Read more]
5 Ways to Raise a Smart Kid
Further to my previous post on raising smart kids, I thought it was interesting to note Gavin's behaviour when he plays with his shape sorter. I first introduced the shape sorter to Gavin when he was ten months old. He learned pretty quickly how to … [Read more]
How to Raise a Smart Kid
"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration", or, if you read the "Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance", it is "1% inspiration, 29% good instruction and encouragement, and 70% perspiration". Indeed, science is telling us … [Read more]
