Training

Treat Your Kids Without Spoiling Them

October 4, 2010

It’s a balance: treating your kids without spoiling them. I love doing all kinds of special things for my children. In saying that, I DO NOT want my children to become spoilt brats. Veruca Salt from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory comes to mind when I think of the words spoilt brat. You know the song: [...]

Parenting Siblings: Is It Fair?

September 8, 2010

So I can do the Math on the increase of my children. Sometimes I look at them and wonder how it all happened. The math is the easy part. The hard part comes now I have four children to juggle, each with different needs and personalities; strengths and weaknesses; likes and dislikes. I strive to raise my children together as [...]

Childishness or Foolishness

August 30, 2010

Childishness or foolishness? There’s a vast difference between the two; however, finding the line can be difficult. Childishness can be defined as actions or behaviour befitting a child. Rather, foolishness pertains to the lacking in judgment or discretion. In terms of applying this to parenting, punishing childish behaviour can be damaging to a child’s emotional and developmental wellbeing (1). On the other [...]

Siblings: Friends for Life

April 15, 2010

I have three sisters. They are my best friends. Everywhere we go, people comment on our relationship and want to be part of it. We’ve ‘adopted’ many sisters along the way. This sort of relationship doesn’t just happen by chance, it take a lot of work (mostly by our Mother). Our mother died (just six month after the above picture was [...]

Parenting: Shading

February 17, 2010

I don’t have a physiology degree nor am I an expert in childhood education; however, I was blessed with a beautiful example of child raising by my parents and have been around children all my life. This has led me to develop my own style of parenting (as we all do), encompassing my past experiences, what I’ve read and my foundation in faith. Positive parenting [...]