Having a developed imagination is one of the best skills a child can cultivate. Everyone is born with the ability to imagine – just watching a 3-year-old for any length of time will prove that – but it takes time and effort to cultivate and strengthen an imagination. Children naturally...
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5 Benefits of Playing Dress-Up
Children have glorious imaginations that can be absolute poetry in action. They can put on a simple hat and transform into a butterfly, a teacher, a construction worker, a member of royalty, or a ballet dancer – sometimes a mixture of several at once! As hard as it is for...
How do wooden children's toys stack up against their plastic counterparts?
Your daughter’s new plastic phone has flashing buttons, gives her a real dial tone and busy signal, and even has a few pre-recorded messages – yet after a few seconds, she drops it on the floor and moves on to something else. Later, you see her thoroughly engrossed with a...
Top Things to Consider When Buying a Car Seat
Your baby’s car seat is the most critical piece of equipment that you’ll buy for your child. All car seats have to meet specific safety requirements to go on the market, but some car seat manufacturers have included additional safety and comfort features that make each car ride a...
Finding Time to be Active as Mom
Having children is the best, but they’re also really exhausting. It can feel like they’re literally running circles around you all day and still keeping you up at night. When’s a parent supposed to get some decent rest? When you’re so tired that the idea of getting your blood pumping...