by Sarah Richard-Preston | Aug 14, 2022 | Child Development, Family, Parenting, Uncategorized
Believe it or not the most important skill we need to succeed in life is listening. As parents, we all want our children to listen to us, to listen to their teachers at school and to others. But how can you help your child become a good listener? Well perhaps, the key...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Jun 18, 2022 | Child Development, Family, Parenting, Research
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, how I wonder what you are. There is nothing quite like a vast night sky to evoke a sense of wonder, for children and adults alike. When my eldest child was a toddler she loved looking at the moon. As evening fell she would ask to be...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Mar 7, 2022 | Child Development, Parenting, Research
Technology is hard to say ‘No’ to I just read that Pink won’t let her 10-year-old daughter get a mobile phone, despite the fact that most of her peers have one. Go Pink – I applaud you on your conviction! My husband and I have experienced the constant pestering...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Feb 17, 2022 | Child Development, Parenting, Research
Becoming a parent for the first time can be a huge transition, from only having your own wants and needs to meet to having a baby dependent on you for everything. There are so many new things to get your head around such as feeding. changing and sleeping. Throw in...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | May 25, 2015 | Bilingual Babies, Child Development, Parenting
You might think it’s impossible to teach your child a language that you don’t speak. But who says you have to be fluent in French, proficient at Portuguese or able to chat in Chinese to introduce your baby a foreign language. Why teach your baby another language?...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Apr 9, 2015 | Child Development, Parenting, Research
Your baby is a little scientist If you’ve ever watched your baby encounter a new experience, you may have noticed the look on his face as he processed the fresh information and how it fits in with the core information with which he was born. Babies are constantly...
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