What is important to remember when it comes to written and verbal communication is that children need not be perfect from the get go. It is something that can be worked on over long periods of school time, and even well into adulthood. Parents should simply encourage communication (of all forms, which includes listening, observing, and understanding!) in order to help their children hone their communication skills.
How Involved Should Your Parents Be With Your Newborn?
You’re excited to have a new baby, and your parents are excited too. As you begin to plan and prepare for your baby, your parents are very likely to begin giving tips and advice. After all, they’ve done this! They raised you! Some couples may find, however, that some of the advice does not fit with how you thought you’d be raising your little one.
Introducing Your Baby to Your Pet
For many couples, their fur-babies are their first babies, occupying a very special place in their hearts and homes. This place, while seldom removed with the arrival of a human baby, can often get a little shaken up in a way that the furbabies don’t understand. Newborn humans require a lot of attention, smell different, make unusual noises, and generally introduce a plethora of new gadgets, gizmos, and toys that are all off limits for even the cleanest of pets, and this can be strange.
ExpoMom 2020: The Ultimate Mom Webinar of August
The last weekend of August saw 800 moms and dads tune into Mommy Mundo’s Facebook Live for a special version of their flagship event, ExpoMom. An annual event often held in-person, ExpoMom 2020 was held online for the first time to respect quarantine rules, but also to open the event to an international audience.
First Aid at Home
First-Aid is a must-know for moms. You really never know when you’re going to need the skills. That’s why Foskina teamed up with First Aid for Kids PH and MommyMundo for a unique webinar on first-aid.
Conscious Parenting: Boundaries and Connections
In the fourth episode of Mommy Mundo’s MomSchool Series, Kit Malvar-Llamas talked about creating the balance between boundaries and connections. In every stage of childhood, conscious parenting asks parents to actively listen to what their children are really communicating and look inward for the best response to one’s child.
Dove launches a self-esteem program for Filipino kids to learn at home
Social media, by its nature, encourages people to compare themselves to others, making some feel inadequate to the many unrealistic pictures posted online. This is why Mommy Mundo has once again teamed up with Dove for its Self-Esteem Project at Home. A continuing partnership that started in 2017 with the Confident Girl forum, this new program consists of episodes hosted by UK based body positivist and author of bestselling book Body Positive Power, Megan Crabbe.
How Many Kids is Ideal?
Couples wonder this all the time, they get asked all the time, and they genuinely wonder this all the time: How many kids is ideal? The short answer, of course is “however many you can handle,” but that answer in itself requires a lot of consideration.
