Discipline

Q&A: When visits with a step-parent disrupt kids’ behaviour

Question: When my stepchildren come back from their mother’s house, my husband and I find that it takes days to get them back into our normal ...

Age Appropriate Chores

What chores are important for your children to learn, and what are they capable of doing? First, recognise the difference between a chore (an ongoing ...

Inspire Your Kids to Do Chores

For Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers Make the bed Draw a quilt with 30 patches. Each time your child makes her bed, let her colour a patch. The goal ...

Bedtime Battles

“I want a glass of water!” Most of us could write a book about bedtime excuses. With our own energy levels dragging, those stall tactics aren’t ...

Helping Children Behave

Good behaviour from children makes parents happy. But children often don’t behave the way we’d like them to because they need our help. You might ...