Is your child watching too much television? Ask any American doctor whether babies and toddlers should watch television and he will most likely tell you what the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends: no television before the age of two and older children, at most, can spend one to two hours a day on educational screen-based activities. This includes […]
Picture from Photobucket.com When writer Loren Stow launched the Practica blog back in 2010, we decided to call it “Practically Speaking” and to sign off each post with Maya Angelou’s famous words: “Parents who know better, do better”. I loved the idea and I still do. The reason why I’m mentioning this is because I […]
“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” Angela Schwindt When we know better… we do better
Like the rest of the country, Practically Speaking will be taking a holiday break! Our blog will remain accessible, but we will not be posting any new articles until the 14th of January 2011. We will be sure to send a mail to everyone again in the New Year as our first article goes up. In the […]
Sometimes life is ironic! In light of our post on turning the television off… we’re giving you news to turn it on! Lizette has been invited to appear on Great Expectations – a popular parenting programmeme on e-tv, today at 11:30am. The topic is all about toddlers… Take a look if you’ve got a chance! […]