Living in the era of information has made parenting more difficult than it ever was. Advice on raising children is given via numerous outlets and is often conflicted and confusing. Advice on children's play is no exception.

Kids in todays school system are not being prepared well for tomorrows world. As someone who went from the corporate world and then the government world to the ever-changing online world, I know how the world of yesterday is rapidly becoming irrelevant. I was trained in the newspaper industry,

If you are a parent of a young child who attends school, you have probably been told not to ask your child about their day at pick up. So many parents ask me, why is that It seems so natural to ask the ones you love about their day when you come back together. It actually seems like it may be a

MiniLinguals offers English language courses to kids in the Haarlem area who are brought up in a multilingual environment but attend a Dutch school. We aim to help kids to improve their English and to create an environment of appreciation of other cultures. We offer structured programs, taught b

I come from a HUGE extended family. Growing up, my Mom, Brother Kevin, and I lived with my grandparents. There were thirteen of us in a house with one bathroom. On Sundays, all of my aunts and uncles who didnt live at the house would come over with their kids, too. The place was full to bursting. T

Five small groups of preschool children were taught to share and praise by the modelling of these behaviors and reinforcement of their reports of sharing and praising. Experiment I demonstrated that modelling and reinforcement of any (true or untrue) reports of sharing, and then of praising, pr

Young children trust the world completely and absorb each and every impression with great openness. The responsibility of adults is to understand children's developmental needs - physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual - and establish a healthy foundation for the rest of life. Parents t

By Hannah Richardson BBC News education reporter Boredom is often associated with solitude and Syal spent hours of her early life staring out of the window across fields and woods, watching the changing weather and seasons. But importantly boredom made her write. She kept a diary from

Young children trust the world completely and absorb each and every impression with great openness. The responsibility of adults is to understand children's developmental needs - physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual - and establish a healthy foundation for the rest of life. Pare