Parenting a smart child is a challenge indeed. Ever wonder your child may be gifted. But how can you tell if your child is bright or gifted? Janice Robbins, PhD has designed a worksheet to help parents identify the difference between “bright” and truly “gifted”. Simply print out the chart and plot your child’s […]

How tall will your child be? I’ve found a very simple formula provided by WebHealthCentre. You simply input the heights of father and mother online. The result will be generated for you automatically. It claims that the formula has over 90% accuracy. I have tested it and found the result for the case of […]

Stefania shared her dreaded but funny experience in cleaning her Buny’s potty. Most parents, including me, would like to do other jobs if we can choose, rather than cleaning and dumping the sloshy contents on our sweeties’ potty.
To get the cleaning job easier, my mom got a tip that worked for her five children (haha, […]

I found an interesting research on when people showered over at to-done.com. Among 130 responses, 54% of them shower in the morning, 24% of them shower in both the morning and evening, and 22% of them shower only in the evening.
What’s your choice, shower in the morning or evening? But for my children, I used […]

Are you low on calcium? Over at kraftcanada.com there’s a list of 10 easy-to-make and quick recipes including drinks. It states each recipe contains a minimum of 15% the Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) per serving. Give it a go to see if you like them.

Fall Ratatouille (Calories = 153 Calcium = 21 %RDI)

Oven Chicken […]

Dr. Chapman told a story of how a child’s love tank can only be filled by undivided attention – quality time:
Four-year-old Sara is pulling on her mother’s leg. “Mommy, Mommy, let’s go play!” “I can’t play right now,” Ginny says, “I must finish making this potato salad. I’ll play with you after that. Go play […]

News alert from American Academy of Pediatrics :
“Bones are like a bank account and from children’s early years through the teen years it’s the most important time to make deposits of calcium so that bones can handle the withdrawals that occur later in life,” said Jean Ragalie, R.D., vice president of nutrition communications for the […]

If you are interested in the recent trend of parenting methods around the world, here’s a big event for keeping yourself well informed.
About 180 parenting experts from around the world will meet at The University of Queensland on Thursday and Friday for the sixth annual Helping Families Change Conference.
The conference would reveal the developments in […]

We all have to communicate through words. Children learn to speak not only by mimicking adults, but also taking a process through which their parents and other adults interact with them. The whole learning process involves understanding the meanings of words as well as receiving emotional messages.
Words of affection, praise, encouragement and affirmation with positive […]

A recent study on childhood asthma (via Blogging Baby) indicates that “childhood asthma has increased dramatically in the last 25 years.”
More importantly, researchers found:
….an association between the levels of phthalates present in a home’s dust and the incidence of asthma. Households with higher phthalate levels were more likely to contain children suffering from the disease. […]