How To Help Your Kids To Safely Manage Their Money

How To Help Your Kids To Safely Manage Their Money

Image Credit: Pexels, Free to Use Licence.  Money management is one of the many important skills that parents must teach their children and will greatly influence how they grow up to use their money in later life. Many parents tend to leave conversations about money until the later years of their children’s development, usually during their teenage years when they start to have more independence, but it has been proven that children are in fact picking up signals about money and how to use it from a much earlier age, and so it’s important to be bringing money management into the conversation far earlier than many parents expect. So in this article, we’ll discuss some of the ways in which you can help your children…

Five Ways To Spend More Quality Time With Family

Pixabay. CCO Licensed. Many of us are guilty of prioritizing other commitments and activities over family time. However, family time is something that can never be won back – before long, your kids will grow up and your parents and grandparents will no longer be around. Prioritizing family time can help you to build strong bonds and lasting happy memories. Of course, it’s important that this is quality time – you may all be in the same room together, but if you’re all staring at your phones, you’re not really spending time together. Here are just a few ways in which you can encourage more quality time with family. Designate a family night It could be worth designating one night per week for family time….

Five Beautifully Trendy Nursery Themes You’ll Love

Decorating the nursery for a new baby is quite possibly one of the most exciting times for a parent. It doesn’t matter that the baby has to be in your room for the first six months, the fact you get to nest and put together a beautiful room is a huge gift. Pregnancy is a tough time (even the easy pregnancies are tough on the mind!) and having something to focus on can be so helpful! The problem? The choices. Oh, my, the choices! You get so many different options for furniture, colors, themes and more. There are options for lighting, furniture, carpets and even window decals to make the room more personal to you and your family. Do you go with pastel or neutral…

Do You Have To Be An Overbearing Mom If You’re Protective?

Do You Have To Be An Overbearing Mom If You’re Protective?

Pixabay – CC0 Licence As soon as you become a mom, you resign yourself to the fact that you’re going to be overbearing. Well, better that than letting them make mistakes that haunt your kids for the rest of their lives, right? Of course, the older your children get, the more it hurts when they look at you as if you’re, like, so totally not cool! And, moms know better than anyone how that resentment in kids’ eyes can cut to the bone. If only you could be protective and cut them some slack. Well, you can if you follow the advice underneath. 4 ways to be a protective mom without being an overbearing mom Track Them Stealthily It’s one thing tracking them without their…

8 Questions From Your Kids You Don’t Want To Answer

8 Questions From Your Kids You Don’t Want To Answer

Image by Tumisu from Pixabay  It’s inevitable, at some point your child is going to ask you some very awkward questions, some embarrassing, some you just don’t know the answer, others you don’t want to answer and some you just don’t know how to respond. Not only this, but it’s unlikely that your child will know when it’s an appropriate time to ask a particular question. Their innocence is adorable, but it can also make you go slightly red in the face when they ask you loudly when you’re at the check out in the supermarket, and they can often leave you a little stumped at times. Young children have what seem like the most straightforward questions, but they are also the most profound ones,…

How to Grow Your Toddler’s Confidence and Independence

How to Grow Your Toddler’s Confidence and Independence

Image credit Pixabay CC0 License The toddler years are some of the most magical times you will experience with your child, but also some of the most frustrating. You will likely get lots of kisses and cuddles from your little one, but also plenty of tears and tantrums too.  As your child moves from the baby stage into their toddler years, they are trying to make sense of the world. This is a time when children’s awareness of their surroundings is developing, and they are making sense of their environment and their place within it. They are curious about their surroundings, and will probably ask you lots of questions, ‘why, Mommy?’ is a phrase you will hear a lot! This curiosity can mean that they…