There’s nothing like giving your child a head start in early learning. With all of the DVDs, books and classes available, there’s a wealth of resources that you can tap into to jump-start your child’s education. Little sponges So you’ve made it through ‘babyhood’. Through the minefield of nappies, sleepless nights and weaning. Well, here’s ...
Guilt will always be a part of the mothering landscape, but it doesn’t have to dominate it. (Julie Ann Barnhill) Talk to any young mother today and one word is bound to come up – guilt. The guilt trip for many women often begins the moment that their pregnancy is confirmed. But what is behind ...
At the moment of birth a child’s nervous system is not completely formed. It will develop as it comes into contact with its environment. That environment begins with contact with its mother and the quality of the first experiences between a mother and child can determine the level of attachment between the two. May I ...
Despite the fact that most of us think Halloween is an American tradition that is increasingly becoming more popular here, did you know that Halloween actually originated in Ireland? Halloween originally started as a Celtic pagan festival, marking the end of the ‘light half of the year’ and a welcome to the ‘dark half of ...
‘I could draw like Raphael before, but it took all my effort to teach myself to draw like a child’, wrote Picasso. We’ve all become accustomed to our children’s drawings appearing home from school, a large blue blob in the centre of the page (Daddy) and a smaller pink blob to the right with a ...
