18 ways to help your toddler’s fine motor skills
Motor skills are something incredibly important for any toddler to learn and train and the possibilities virtually are endless. There are your usual textbooks as to what can be done, there are games that foster these skills, but you can help them with almost anything in the household in various ways, both in developing and maintaining or fine-tuning. And some of these things may even help you in your every day activities as well. We … Read entire article »
Boys vs. Girls Blog Carnival
This post was written as a contribution to the Boys vs. Girls Blog Carnival. The participating bloggers are sharing their experiences, ideas, and opinions on why gender roles should be avoided in parenting and teaching practices. Gender Stereotypes in Society Gender stereotypes are everywhere, among friends, colleagues, at stores and pretty much anywhere else in life. Here we look at how difficult it can be to keep an open mind. Click here to read more. Look here to … Read entire article »
Gender stereotypes
While it is often stressed that one should raise children open-minded and tolerant, reality unfortunately is that it is made harder than you would think and not necessarily for the obvious reasons. Many things in our society are based on and/or promote gender stereotypes, some consciously, some subconsciously, but all too often parents are faced with criticism or even inability to break these stereotypes. You can find stereotypes virtually everywhere, in people’s minds, in stores, in … Read entire article »
Wife and husband blogging
Disclaimer: This post is “aimed” at the unsupportive and in some cases intolerant husbands of the world, NOT at the ones that are busy behind the scenes or are being “locked out” by their blogging wives When Valerie started “Glittering Muffins”, I also wanted to help her, with the setup and then also with some content, I’ve been taking photos all along from even before Nico was born. Shortly after we were introduced to the … Read entire article »
Did you know…Canada?
Since it was Canada Day yesterday (Trisha at 2 Big, 2 Little, hope you don’t mind that I used your image, just couldn’t resist Make sure to check out her Canada Day post), I came up with the idea to find some interesting and fun facts about Canada that many non-Canadians might never have heard of So let’s see what fun stuff we can find about Canada, ok? Canada spans six time zones The … Read entire article »
Being a Dad – by dads
After the great reactions we had received for “Being A Mom – By Moms” (and its second part) we wanted to also show the other side by giving the dads an opportunity to express their thoughts, so enjoy! (Rob @ famiglia&seoul) (Alex @ Glittering Muffins) (Dad @ Here Come The Girls) (Dan @ Kindergarten & Preschool for Teachers & Parents) (Granddad @ Play Dr Mom) (HutcH @ Play Dr Mom) (Hemanth @ Putti Prapancha) (Hublet @ Taming the Goblin) (Jagir @ The Golden Gleam) (1108) … Read entire article »
Boys have long hair, too – A blog carnival
Welcome to the Boys Have Long Hair, Too Blog Carnival. A group of bloggers is sharing their experiences, struggles, and opinions surrounding having a son who has long hair. My Happy Hippie Boy – Andie from Crayon Freckles shares why she and her husband have chosen to let their 3.5 yr old son’s hair go uncut. Boys Have Long Hair, Too: A Father’s View — Alex from Glittering Muffins says it happens that not only does his son, Nico have long hair, he as the father has no problem with it either. He personally does not find that long hair emasculates a boy (or adult alike)… Boys Have Long Hair, Too: A Maman’s View — Valerie from Glittering Muffins son has been called a cute little girl for about a year and … Read entire article »
Boys Have Long Hair, Too – A father’s view
This post was written as a contribution to the Boys Have Long Hair, Too Blog Carnival. The participating bloggers are sharing their experiences, struggles, and opinions surrounding having a son who has long hair. It seems as if it is mostly mothers that do not seem to have big issues with boys having long hair, while most men seem to be of the opinion that a boy with long hair does not look masculine enough. Now it happens that … Read entire article »
Being a mom – by moms – Part 2
After the great reactions we had received for the first part of “Being A Mom – By Moms” we wanted to give more moms an opportunity to express their thoughts, so enjoy! If you haven’t done so yet, make sure to also check out the first part! (Shruti @ ArtsCraftsyMom) (Ali @ At Home With Ali) (Krissy @ B.Inspired, Mama!) (Katherine @ Creative Playhouse) (Kelli @ Domestic Goddesque) (Gina @ Famiglia&Seoul) (Jaime @ Frogs And Snails And Puppy Dog Tails) (Pauline @ Lessons Learnt … Read entire article »
12 ways to include your toddler in everyday house work
I guess everybody knows the situation: You have stuff to do at home and your toddler is, well, toddling around, being up to nothing constructive. So one of the potentially easiest things to do is to at least try to involve your toddler in your activities and have him help you. Mind you that chances are very high that you will end up taking two to three times as long and not get everything done, … Read entire article »
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