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3-Year-Old Attached to Mom? 6 Mistakes to Avoid

Preschooler

Aug 10, 2020

Is your 3-year-old attached to mom too much? Learn how to handle excessive attachment and the mistakes to do avoid when your child is overly attached. Sometimes, a strong attachment to mom isn't always a blessing. Take the case when my then-3-year-old was attached to me... and only me. Despite my husband having been away at work the whole day, my son wouldn't want anything to do with him. Instead, he preferred I do everything, from feeding to bathing and even hanging out. Dropping him off at child care was a struggle, since he'd cry and try to run after me as I walked toward the … [Read more...]

20 Easy Activities for 3 Year Olds You Can Do Any Day

Activities

Jul 28, 2020

Looking for easy activities for 3 year olds? From crafts to outdoor activities, discover everyday, fun things to do with your child. If you're like me, you've found your child playing with the same toy, day after day. Despite the piles and boxes of toys at home, even you're out of ideas on what he can play with. Perhaps he's even blurted those dreaded words: "I'm bored." As much as I'm a fan of independent play, we can still do plenty to keep our kids engaged during the day. You may have even found yourself getting bored of the same activities or thinking of ways to switch things … [Read more...]

Preschool Outdoor Activities for Summer

Activities

Jul 20, 2020

Check out these preschool outdoor activities for summer! Plenty of fun, learning activities for kids, especially 3-5 year olds who want to get outside. Does your preschooler love to spend time outdoors? This would be all well and good, except for the times when the weather is blazing during the summer months. The poor guy gets stir crazy cooped up indoors, bored playing with the same toys and games. He's not the only one itching to get outside, either—you're also looking for fun activities to do with him. With your partner at work all day, it's just the both of you stuck at … [Read more...]

What You Need to Do to Handle Your Threenager

Behavior

May 15, 2020

Disciplining a three-year-old can be a challenge. Here are effective ways to handle a threenager, no matter how strong-willed your child may be. "No more jumping," I told my three-year-old. "It's too loud for the neighbors. Walk to the bathroom instead, please." His reply? "You're not my friend! I'm not talking to you!" Welcome to the threenager stage: three-year-olds with the sass of a teenager. Three-year-olds test their boundaries like their "terrible twos" counterparts, but with attitude and stubbornness. I'm sure they'd roll their eyes if they could, just like a 13-year-old … [Read more...]

3 Year Old Waking Up Too Early? Must-Know Tips for Moms

Preschooler

May 11, 2020

Is your 3 year old waking up too early all of a sudden? Learn what to do when your toddler wakes up too early and won't go back to sleep. It always catches you off guard, don't you think? Your 3 year old had always been a great sleeper, even since infancy when you were finally able to get her to sleep on her own. Since then, she had consistently slept by 7:30pm and woken up a whopping 12 hours later. Except these days... not so much. Sure, she still goes down at 7:30 at night with no problem at all—she'll put herself to sleep like a champ. But now she's waking up earlier and … [Read more...]

How to Stop Tattling

Little Kids

Apr 23, 2020

Does your child tell on other kids for every little thing? Learn how to stop tattling and telling on others once and for all. It was starting to get predictable. I'd leave the twins to cook in the kitchen when one of them would follow after a few minutes. "He was jumping on the couch," one of them would report about his brother. Or we'd be sitting at the dining table and he'd point out, "He's playing with his water cup." Sometimes he'd even start the day with yet another report before saying hello: "He was talking instead of being quiet in bed." The tattling was getting out of … [Read more...]

Why We Need to Encourage Our Children’s Interests—Even when They Seem Strange to Us

How Kids Learn

Apr 16, 2020

Do your kids have a passion for hobbies? Here's why we should encourage children's interests, no matter how strange or different they may seem to us. "I've had it with fountains," I complained to my husband. What had been a cute quirk—my son's fascination with fountains—was getting out of hand. It even took over an outing at the zoo, where he'd rush to see fountains instead of the bears and monkeys. Still, I bit my tongue. As strange of an interest as it was to have, fountains still held a special place in our son's heart. So we did what we thought would help nurture it even more. We … [Read more...]

Easy! 12 Ways to Teach Preschoolers about Money

Learn and Discover

Mar 26, 2020

It's not too early to start teaching preschoolers about money! Discover 12 ways to make learning about money fun, interesting, and impactful, even for young kids. It's the taboo topic, even among adults. We're not supposed to mention incomes, debts, or how much we spend on purchases. We size each other up based on our perceived worth. Yet so much about money pervades our lives, from the opportunities we have and the values we shape. It's what determines whether we save for college or stay home with the kids or not. Like many people, I didn't get a well-rounded education about money, … [Read more...]


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