What is temperament?
One of the excellent books on temperament, entitled Know Your Child, must be mentioned here. This classic book is an investigation report of a 30-year study of children growing into adulthood, the New York Longitudinal Study, that was led by psychiatrists Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas. They found that babies not only differ […]

When my daughter was studying at preschool, she liked a game that taught by her teacher. Nearly every week she would ask me to play this game with her at home. That is Treasure Hunt – a simple version. It’s not the complicated one as Amazing Race. If you have a preschooler, you can […]

Psychology Today states a fact that, 40 million of Americans are suffering from various sleep disorders, and 20-30 million experience intermittent sleep-related problems. Do you feel fatigued in daytime? Do you have enough sleep and energy to do your parenting job?
If you want to know how your bedtime habits influence the quality of your sleep, […]

Now and then, children will encounter another sleep problem, that is nightmare. What is nightmares?
While you sleep, your brain doesn’t just turn off. It goes through several sleep stages, including REM, or Rapid Eye Movement, sleep. Why do they call it that? Because during this stage of sleep, your eyes move back and forth under […]

From Mental Health Foundation, Sandra Kiume found some yummy recipes that are good for our brains. To our children, I think these foods would be good for their mouths as well:
Some of the recipes include a brain boosting smoothie, smoked salmon with yogurt and dill, tofu Thai stirfry, tortilla topped with spinach and cheese, turkey […]

Do you have a child easy to deal with? Or difficult? Many parents might sometimes feel being a failure because their children are not as easy to deal with as their friend’s. They think that they are not good parents. These parents take up a lot of unnecessary pressure on themselves unnoticeably. In fact, I’ve […]

In my last post, Food Allergy and Children, I mentioned food allergies are very common to both adults and children. Today I’d like to introduce another article posted on The World’s Healthiest Foods which would help people avoid allergies by using Allergy Avoidance Diets, as “a growing number of healthcare practitioners are using Allergy Avoidance […]

Your child is your little loved one, besides your big one, at home. For upcoming Valentine’s day, you might be shopping around for them. For your spouse, how about composing a love letter, not via email but by handwriting? Think about these 14 ways to show love for your child as your Valentine’s present. Is […]

Some of you might’ve known that a 15-year-old Canadian girl with a peanut allergy died after smooching with her boyfriend, who had just eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Allergies are in general on the increase worldwide. And Food allergies are more and more common to both adults and children.
AER together with The Better […]

As for teens, according to National Sleep Foundation, these signs are indicating their lack of sleep:
“If a teen has trouble staying alert during school, long drives, while reading a book or in other quiet situations when sleepiness is often “unmasked,” they probably are not getting enough quality sleep. Other signs of chronic sleep deprivation are […]