Parenting

With the weather warming up, it's time to get back outside. The fields are ready for play, and kids have a lot of energy. Parents may want them to join a team or find an extracurricular activity to keep them busy and help them socialize this spring. It's the perfect time of year to explore the options. The following are six popular spring sports your kiddos may love!

Softball and Baseball

These sports get kids on the field and work on several essential skills. They are about team effort, strategy and physical development, so when you register them with a league, look for children to reap many benefits. The first is fun outside and simply getting to be around others. 

You're likely, though, to get a bit more from this experience. Coaches work with kids on keeping their equipment together, talking about how to organize bats, softball gloves and helmets, so they don't

As a parent, you're familiar with being busy. Whether it's meeting your children's basic needs, problem-solving or adapting to new routines, there is always something important going on. However, it's just as necessary to take a step back amid this busyness to prioritize playing with your kids.

As a parent, there is nothing more important than seeing your child succeed in life. Setting them up for that success is the ultimate goal — it is the reason you do so many of the things that you do. From the day they are born, they are learning new things at an astounding rate and you’re working to nurture them so they can make the most of these new learning opportunities.

Raising children is one of, if not the most fulfilling job in the world. It’s also one of the most challenging, and often frustrating, activities you will ever undertake—all the more so because you're learning as you go. Nobody enters parenting knowing exactly how to deal with everything that comes their way. However, the best parents are constantly looking for ways to improve.

First love can be a sensitive period of life for a teen. It happens unexpectedly and at different ages, mostly between 11-16 years old. This period is quite difficult for kids as well as for parents as their interests become different and many conflicts occur due to it.

A baby’s cognitive, physical and emotional development takes places at an accelerated level during the first 18 months of their life. Effective sensory stimulation and quality sleep are key in helping to ensure that a baby is able to adapt well to the world around them. So, how can you use regular, effective sensory stimulation to aid your baby’s development, as well as improve their sleep?

It can seem like there’s a lot to prepare, but it’s important to remember you don’t need to go crazy with the baby-proofing just yet. Your baby won’t be on the move for some time, so getting your house ready for the newborn stage is your first step.

It is important to be a good example by practicing healthy habits yourself and by encouraging your kids to take care of themselves daily. Here are excellent health practices to start implementing today if you do not already do each of these.

Motherhood is one of the most wonderful jobs in the world. Being a mom is equal parts fulfilling and exhausting, with very high highs that make you feel on top of the world and lows that often leave you with nothing left to give at the end of the day. With a job as exciting and draining as motherhood, fatigue and burnout are just part of the gig.