Helping children overcome obstacles

Helping your child to choose their attitude The way we respond to children and interact with them early in the day is important.  It sets them in the right direction for the rest of the day and helps them to overcome the hurdles life throws at them throughout the day.   I recently listened to …

Why do we smile?

How do babies learn to smile? What makes us smile?   A smile is a powerful thing, but we are not born with the ability to smile.  During the first few months of our lives we experiment with moving the muscles in our face and pull thousands of different facial expressions, so why do we …

Helping children overcome a natural disaster

Flooding, earthquakes, volcano or hurricanes and children Natural disasters are scary, very often they come out of the blue and we as adults are not prepared for them, let alone our children.  Very often our homes or our schools are affected and our family way of life changes overnight. How do you tell children about natural …