Snotty Noses Happy Parents Raising Healthy Kids by Dr Orlena Kerek, Paediatrician

Parenting and Family Life

Parenting is such an amazing job. When we become parents our entire lives change. Our children become our focus and priority. It truly is an amazing experience and all of us who are parents are happily blessed.

However, parenting isn’t always easy. It can be difficult to know what is best for our children, or how we go about teaching them important life lessons and instilling values in them. I hope these articles will help you to enjoy your time with your children and help you on your parenting journey.

How to Be Happy Parents. Parenting is amazing. awesome and overwhelming all at once. Here are some fantastic articles that will help you to be a happy parent.

Things to do with Kids

Check out the new Play and Learn page where you will find heaps of activities and fun things to do with your kids.

Toddlers

Toddlers are so cute but such hard work for the unsuspecting parent. Everything is fine one moment, the next they are lying on the floor having a tantrum. I've moved all the toddler articles onto their very own page.

Toddlers!

Parenting

One Alternative to Time Out that My Family Loves. It can be so frustrating when child cry over small things, when they can't control their emotions. This is a great alternative to Time Out that teaches them how to calm down.

One Alternative to Time Out You'll Really Love

10 Amazing Benefits of Playing Chess with Your Kids. Have you ever thought about playing chess with your kids? It's great fun AND it's great for those little brains as well.

10 Amazing Benefits from Playing Chess with Your Kids

How to Weave One on One Time into Your Busy Schedule. Life can be so busy that we don't have time to connect with our kids. One on one time is a great way to enjoy your kids and help them feel valued. Here's how you can weave one on one time into your busy schedule.

How to Weave One on One Time Into Your Busy Schedule

One Simple and Successful Method to Avoid Yelling at Your Kids. Kids can be so frustrating. We cope with so much until suddenly we snap. Here's a really easy way to regain your composure and avoid loosing your temper with your kids.

One Successful Method to Avoid Yelling At Your Kids

How to Turn Bickering into an Inspiring Lesson. Another alternative to Time Out. Kids bicker, argue and fight and it can be so frustrating. But it can also be a valuable lesson.

How to Turn Bickering Into an Inspiring Lesson

How Me Time Makes You an Awesome Parent

One Sneaky Way to Encourage Your Child's Imagination. Don't you just love it when your kids are busy playing in their own little world for hours and hours? Sometimes they need a little help getting there.

One Sneaky Way to Stop Your Kids Nagging for Screen Time

How to Pack Lightly With Kids. I love travelling. I hate packing. Here are some great tips. I love the last one. haha!>

How to Pack Lightly With Kids

The Hidden Benefit of Kids Doing Household Chores

The Hidden Benefits of Kids doing Chores

How to Survive Road Trips with Children. Travelling with kids can be hard work, but it can also be awesome. I love number 3!

How to Survive Road Trips With Kids

How Being Grateful Makes You Happy. It's so easy to get stuck in a rut and forget how lucky we are. Being grateful for what we have helps us to be happier people.

How Being Grateful Makes You Happy

The Sex Talk. How Young is Too Young?

The Sex Talk, How Young is Too Young?

How to Turn Your Reluctant Reader into a Book Worm. Teaching your child can be frustrating but with patience, you can turn them into an enthusiastic reader.

How to Turn Your Reluctant Reader into a Bookworm

How to Stop Being Overwhelmed by Parenthood. Being a parent is awesome but it can be so stressful. Here's what I did to become a happy parent.

How to Stop Being Overwhelmed by Parenthood

One Thing to Remember When Parenting Toddlers Gets Tough. Day to day life with toddlers can be so hard. Here is one thing to remember when life with toddler's gets tough.

One Thing To Remember When Parenting Toddlers Gets Tough

How was School Today? Some great questions to ask, to get some great answers.

Questions To Ask Kids

5 Alternatives to Time out That Really Work. Connect with your child with positive discipline.

5 Alternatives to Time Out that Really Work

Remember this when parenting gets tough. There are times when parenting is difficult but read this to help you see the positive side.

Remember This When Parenting gets Overwhelming

5 Ways to Rock your Morning Routine. Even if you have Toddlers. Mornings can be such a disaster when you have children. Here are 5 ways to make your mornings run more smoothly.

5 Ways to Rock Your Morning Routine

10 Things I'd Tell My Pre-Child Self. If you could send a message back in time, what would you say to the you before you had kids? Number 3 is SO true!

10 Things I'd Tell My Pre-Child Self

How to Raise your Children to be Happy. To teach them joy, fulfilment and happiness.

Raising Happy Children

How to Teach your Kids to be Great at Maths. It's such a simple idea but it really as helped my kids love maths and be good at math.

How to Teach Your Kids to be Great at Maths

What would you do if your child lies to you?

What to do when Your Child Lies to You

How to Connect with your Child. Some really simple ideas.

How to Connect with Your Kids

A mother's sleepless night. Kids get you up during the night? I'm sure you can relate!

Mommy's Sleepless Night

The Secret to Being a Happy Mum

The Secret to Being a Happy Mom

How to Help Your Child find their smile. It's so difficult when your kids are grumpy. Here's how to turn a grump around.

Help Your Child Find Their Smile

Easy Ways to Stop Sibling Fights

Easy Ways to Stop Sibling Fights

How Batman can Teach Kindness and Sharing

How Batman Can Teach Kindness and Sharing

Poo Mouse. A Love Story. The enchanting story of a little girl and a little mouse.

Poo Mouse. A Love Story

One Simple Change to Prevent Back Pain in Parents. Make this one little change and you'll significantly reduce the amount of shoulder back pain. So easy!

One Simple Change to Prevent Back Pain in Parents

How to Teach Children to Cope with Big Emotions. It's so tough when your kids get angry and cross but it's a great opportunity to teach them how to control their emotions

How To Teach Your Kids to Cope With Big Emotions

How to Communicate Without Shouting. A really easy trick that works so well.

How to Get Your Child's Attention Without Raising Your Voice

How to Teach your Kids about Emotions with Music and Dance. (It's really easy!)

Learning Emotions Through Music and Dance

Why I Still Carry My Child. Even though he's quite big!

Why I Still Carry My Big Boy

10 Ways to Tell your Kids you Love them. Remember to do #1 lots!

10 Ways to Tell Your Kids You Love Them

How to Help Your Children Get Along. Some great ideas to stop your kids from fighting.

Avoiding Sibling Rivalry

Family Game Night. 20 Awesome Games that you can Play with your Family. A great way to connect and create memories.

Family Games Night Ideas

20 Awesome Outdoor activities for your kids. Turn off the TV and go and connect with your kids outside!

Awesome Outdoor Activities to Connect with Your Family

How to Raise Children with a healthy self esteem and self confidence.

Raising A Child with Self Confidence

Motivate your Children with this Simple Trick. It will help you get all those little jobs like getting dressed done!

Motivate Your Chid with this Simple Trick

Avoid Arguments and Sibling Rivalry with Simple, Clear Instructions. Such an easy thing to do, but often over looked.

Avoid Arguments With Simple Instructions

Back to School Tips

Stay-Cation Ideas

The Fear of Passing Time (the bitter sweet of your child’s birthday)

How to Stop Your Kids Waking Up Too Early

Good Night Kisses for Your Children

How to Survive IKEA with Kids

Simple Shoe Tidy Hack

How to Drink in Moderation enjoying a great night but still being able to parent the next morning.

Family Time Out restore the peace when you feel overwhelmed.

Is there such a thing as a perfect parent?

How to Photograph Children Some awesome tips from a photographer.

Stopping the whinging a review of 1,2,3 Magic parenting book.

Parenting can be challenging.

Happy Birthday Dante

Why is everything Parenting so Controversial?

10 Things to Know about a Special Needs Parent

10 Parenting Tips from the Superheroes

Vinegar and Orange Peel Cleaner

Reward Charts

On Being 3

Games to Make Your Day Run Smoother

A Wobbly Day

5 Ways to Improve Sibling Relationships

A Typical Morning

What Do You Want? Croissants and Milk