How can you, as a parent, help comfort your child’s broken heart after they go through a breakup? Few experiences are as emotionally intense for teens as a broken heart. Teen breakups can be difficult to navigate for children, and also their parents. As a parent, it’s important to know how to respond. In this
Month: November 2021
Holiday gifting should be full of joy and excitement as you watch your children open bright-colored packages tied up with bows. It’s a wonderful feeling as their faces light up with surprise and pure happiness as they open each new toy, game, bicycle, or electronic device. But sometimes, holiday gifting can be stressful, expensive, and
Feeling extravagant? Treat your family to one of these luxurious gifts this holiday season. There are so many ways to express love and gratitude during the holiday season. And as we finally gather with loved ones to celebrate and be merry, we may be feeling extra generous this year. So go ahead and treat that special
Image: iStock It’s a Saturday night, and you’re bored. And, you decide to watch a movie. Now comes the most annoying moment, which movie to watch? If you have entered into that perplexing state of loitering around the home screen, perhaps some comedy to lighten the mood is what we would suggest. How about some
It’s the kind of thing that you can’t fully appreciate in the moment, but our nurse’s words have played over in my mind countless times since the day we brought our son home from the NICU. There are no pictures of my son on the day that he was born. There are some photos from
Follow these simple dos and don’ts to make getting shots more comfortable for your child. Photo: iStock As parents, when our kids get a vaccination, it’s easy to brush off their fears. “It’ll just be a little poke,” we’ll say. Or, if they’ve reacted badly to previous shots, we might even put off or avoid
There have been numerous outbreaks associated with coronaviruses throughout the years that have had the potential to cause serious problems to global health, including the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV). Currently, the world’s health is being threatened by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) following its rapid spread
We ask our talented children, what do they want to be when they’re older!
Join the Play Pandemic Challenge → https://theparentingjunkie.com/challenge Feeding kids can be so stressful! Here are some tips, primarily from Ellyn Satter – the leading (in my mind) author and teacher on food & kids. Sign up to my email list here: www.theparentingjunkie.com #peacefulparenting VLOG, BOOK & TOY RECOMMENDATIONS HERE: www.theparentingjunkie.com F A C E B
I know what you’re thinking: What, so now we’re not supposed to say No?! What happened to boundaries! Here’s why all kids today are as spoiled as the spilt milk they cry over! Hear me out: You can and should continue to set the boundaries you are setting, firmly…and…kindly. And that’s the point I’m addressing
Dr. Maithilee Menezes explains the differences between an outer ear infection vs middle ear infection. Ear infections are very common among children. They usually fall into one of two categories: outer ear infections and middle ear infections. We call an outer or external ear infection “swimmer’s ear.” On the other hand, a middle ear infection
Image: Shutterstock IN THIS ARTICLE Motor skills are majorly divided into gross motor and fine motor skills. Gross motor skills require the movement of most strongest and largest core muscles of the body, such as legs, torso, arms, etc (1). Research shows that increased gross motor activities for infants are associated with better cognitive abilities
In a recent study published on the preprint server medRxiv*, researchers assess the need for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination in children who are 12 years of age or younger. To this end, the researchers compared the clinical characteristics observed in unvaccinated children during the Delta surge (B.1.617.2) in China with that of a vaccinated
Mothercare’s Mummy & Daddy Newborn collection has everything you need for your little one!
Join the Play Pandemic Challenge → https://theparentingjunkie.com/challenge And ❤ share this video with 10 friends (https://youtu.be/acyUuzZCr8w) The Parenting Junkie shares how to connect with your child. Instead of trying to be present-ish with your kids 24/7, you can focus on connecting with your kids during care giving times – as illustrated in the RIE method
Playful Parenting // Watch This if You Want to Help Your Kids with Big Feelings! The Parenting Junkie discusses playful parenting. Dr. Lawrence Cohen, author of playful parenting, teaches us that we can use play to help our children calm their nervous systems. So what is playful parenting? Playful parenting is using play to process
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