When it comes to favorite foods, most kids don’t list carrots and broccoli at the top of their list. They’d much prefer a chocolate chip cookie or a peanut butter sandwich to a dish of hot steamed vegetables. If you’ve run out of ideas to get your kids to eat more vegetables, you may be interested in the results of a new study. It shows a unique and very effective way to motivate kids to eat more vegetables instead of just pushing them around on their plate. This study which was carried out by a group of researchers at Cornell

Eight out of ten parents think that the best disciplinary technique for badly behaved toddlers is not to smack but to ignore them, according to a new report. The report, published by the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships at the University of Edinburgh, suggests that raising the voice or shouting is the next most effective action. The report is an analysis of data from the Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) study and comes weeks after MPs voted against enforcing a UK-wide smacking ban. The GUS study, commissioned by the Scottish Government, surveyed parents of 8,000 children about issues

Speak to any mother of a toddler and she would tell you that she is a victim of the monster problem of her kid not eating food properly. Singing, playing cajoling?nothing help. It only results in calories burnt by the poor mother and an ever more agitated child. If you too are one who identifies with the problem, then try these methods to make your toddler eat. You will sure notice a change soon! Find out how his taste buds react. If he likes sweet then make his necessary nutritional intake complete by making two three different varieties of sweet

There are a lot of things that working mothers need to take care about. They can primarily be divided into two areas- things at home and things at school. At school, you can take care of the following things; Take your child for a school visit one day prior to opening and make him familiar with the whereabouts of the building and environment. Find an old student with whom your child can make friends with and who can show him around the school. As it is, finding a familiar face on the first day makes the child feel more comfortable

It is often difficult, especially in the third trimester, to find a comfortable position to sleep in.  Here are some tips to help you sleep better Try lying on your side with a pillow between your knees for lower-back support. Putting pillows molded along the length of your body, and letting yourself roll back onto them offers support where you need it most. Some women find relief by sleeping in a slightly head up position with lots of pillows behind and around them. The baby’s movements too can wake you during the night. There’s not much you can do about

Single mothers face stress, depression and financial insecurity when they return to work, a British report has found. Commissioned by the Government, the study for the Department for Work and Pensions undermines its own controversial plans to force single mothers to prepare for work when their children are very young, reports the Independent. Under a White Paper unveiled this month by the Work and Pensions Secretary, James Purnell, mothers would be told to look for work when their youngest child reaches the age of one. The report, ”Work and Well-being Over Time: Lone Mothers and Their Children”, is the third

“Perfect” parents trying hard to meet their children’s every need may be doing more harm than good, claims a book. Sydney psychologist Renee Mill said that parents are exhausted and stressed while trying to fulfill every demand of their kids. In her new book, No Sweat Parenting , Renee has listed out six “perfect parenting” myths. She writes that this is in a well intentioned but misguided belief that quality time means sitting on the floor playing whatever game their child wants. Other myths include that parents must be perfect; firm discipline will quash a child’s self-esteem; parenting and adult