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Why Its Okay to Sometimes Let Your Child Fail

November 18, 2020 By Karen Leave a Comment

In today’s generation, kids are always cradled in their parent’s safe and loving arms. Oftentimes, it is overly done that we instill to the child’s mind that everything should be perfect, that there should be room for failure so they would succeed in their endeavors in life. In this article, I would like to remind my co-parents why it is needed for us to sometimes let our kids fail and get hurt, why we should not hinder these things to be experienced by our little ones. What good can there be? Stay with me and read on!

Why Its Okay To Let Our Kids Fail and Get Hurt

•Failure is an Opportunity

While its true that it could be make us parents feel worried on how failure could affect our children’s feelings and self-esteem, let’s not forget that failure could be an opportunity for our child to look at himself, evaluate what he could have done better and learn from the experience. As parents, more than being devastated over our child’s failure, it is our responsibility to remind our kids of the lessons they should pay attention after failing over something. Let us encourage them to do it again instead of staying disappointed. Cheer them up and encourage them!

•There’s Always Lessons in Failure

Failure could be hurtful in a sense that it could affect our kids emotionally and it might affect their confidence and self-esteem too. But, there are so much lessons in failure that sometimes, losing over something could teach us the biggest lessons in life.

Example, your child was playing with his friends afterschool. They have a new classmate who wants to join their team but they refused because they’re not sure if he’d be a help or a burden for them. In the end, their new classmate played in the opponent’s team and played so well that your child’s team lost instead. So, this failure from winning the game made them realize that they should not be too quick to judge just because that kid is new.

•A Failure Could Make Your Child Strive to Do Better

Of course, it is normal to feel sad and disappointed over failures. Who loves being the one at the losing end? No one! So, if you let your child experience failure, they will know the negative effects of it. It will become their motivation to strive and do more good the next time. It can make them think of different strategies to try on, it can point out where they failed at, and so they will know how to do better the next time. They will change what they need to change, try again and do better.

•Failures are Beautiful Scars

All the lessons they learned from failing, all the tears they cried because of being hurt, all the negativity it caused, all of these will soon become a memory, but these memory will let them realize the best things in life. Example, your child failed in a math quiz because she kept talking to her seatmates during discussion. After it, her seatmates got big scores but she failed. It could be painful for her, but it will make her realize that the friendship they made is beautiful, but it can’t help and save her during quizzes so she will learn that discussion time should be no time for chitchats.

Failure is sometimes interpreted as life’s downside. If we keep on instilling to our kids that failure should be avoided all the time, they will never see the beauty there is behind every failure. They will just dodge it whenever it comes along their way, they will become too weak to understand how life really works. They will become too afraid to gamble in life. And when they are old enough to realize that, it will be too late already, so many chances, and beautiful opportunities of learning life’s lessons could have passed already.

So Momma, don’t be too afraid to let your child face failure because one day, he will thank you for that. He will grow and become matured, ready to face ordeals by himself.

Filed Under: Parenting, Young Kids

How You Can Save While Raising a Child?

June 11, 2020 By Karen Leave a Comment

Married, single, dating, mother, daughter, nanny or even a company’s president, no matter who you are in this world, saving money is always on the list of our priorities especially if we have already settled down and raising our own family. However, raising kids can be very costly. They say by the time your child reaches 2 years old, most average living parents have already spent more than $19,000 since birth. So, the question here is how are you going to save up or maximize your saving while you are raising your child? Here are some helpful tips.

Saving Tips for Mommies and Daddies

•Cook for the family.

Instead of dining out to your fave resto every friday or every weekend, cook and eat at home. Who says you won’t be happy with that? As long as you are together with the ones you love, you can find ways to be happy and healthy. Save dinner outs for special occasions.

•Don’t replace stuffs that are still good and working.

Even if your refrigerator is not brand new, as long as it is still up and running well, you don’t really need to buy new one. Keeping up with trend is costly. If your budget is just right, better save it up instead of buying things you don’t really need at the moment.

•Go for preloved and secondhand stuffs

Buying baby’s car seat or high chair? Look for preloved stuffs online. Trust me, there are still really good deals you can find there. Everything doesn’t have to be new, especially things that will be seasonal such as those. Your baby won’t use them for 10 years by the way, so as long as it’s in good condition, then you’re good to go!

•Simple Home is okay, people inside matters the most

Let’s admit it, mortgage and housing can really, really be costly. But if you are on a tight budget and aims to save more than to spend, go for a simple one. As long as there is roof above you and your family, walls to keep you warm and secured, you can fill the inside with love and care. Truly, a peaceful and happy home is more important than an expensive house with parents worried about loans, savings and expenses.

•Relationships aren’t costly. Build a strong one

Instead of going out every weekend to bond with the family, stay at home and do fun stuffs together. Learn what your kids love and explore with them. Bonding and going out is sure fun too, but it doesn’t have to be in a regular spending manner especially if you loom forward on saving for the kid’s future too. Spending time with kids no matter how simple (as long as it’s fun) your activities are will surely be appreciated.

•Teach your children to save and value money as early as 3 years old

The more they will see how much important it is to save, they will learn it by heart too. Also, be an example in showing your kids how to be a smart spender and good saver. Refer to this article for guide on teaching your kids how to save money.

Preparing for our kid’s future and saving up for the family is very important especially if you are really not that well off. You can always look for ways to spend and bond with the family without spending too much. Trust me, in the future, you will see that your kids will be thankful for you.

Filed Under: Growing Kids, Mommy Life, Parenting, Savings and Financials, Young Kids

How to Handle a Picky Eater Child

June 2, 2020 By Karen Leave a Comment

As a mother, it is always our joy to see our kids growing healthy. It is always on our goal to let our kids try different foods that contains the right nutritions they are expected to get everyday. But how could you achieve that if your child is a picky eater? How can you encourage him to change his eating habits so that each meal time will no longer be a horror for both mommy and her kid? In this article, lets find out how we can handle a child who is a picky eater.

When and Where Eating Happens

Establish a routine in eating and a permanent place to share your food. Your child should be able to eat 3 proper meals a a snacks in between. It is our role as a guardian to decide what food we should offer to our child, and it is our child’s decision already to take it or not. However here are some tips to help your child to be interested in trying different foods.

Tips to Help a Picky Eater Child

•Offer an Appealing Menu to Try On. Entice his or her curiousity by offering a meal that looks, smells and tastes yummy.

•Happy Meal Time. Do not pressure your child to eat what is on the table. The more pressured he is, the more he’ll set in his mid that he doesn’t like to eat what’s there. Make meal time a happy family time.

•Be an example. When the toddler seas that other members of family are eating what is on the table without asking for what’s not there, it will encourage him to try it too.

•Don’t bargain. Whatever is served should be consumed. Don’t serve his favorite food because he said he wants it. Don’t give in to his wants.

•He will eat when he’s hungry. At start, you may not like it when your kid only eats a little, and you just let that be. Experts says the child will more likely to eat more the next meal to make up from the last mealtime. Once he’s hungry, he will ask for food.

•Let him take Vitamins that might improve his appetite and eating habits. Ask your pedia about it so that you will have proper reccomendations on what to give your child too.

•Don’t easily quit the established routine. If you see only a little improvement, don’t quit right away or withdraw your plans. Be patient and try and try again.

Being a picky eater is not a behaviour that lasts for a lifetime. Eventually, it will improve through time, patience and dedication of parents to help their kids through it. As long as you don’t give up, there’s still hope. Just do your best to provide a healthy meal each time. Even if you fail, remind yourself that things will get better.

Filed Under: Growing Kids, Mommy Life, Parenting, SAHM, Toddler Life, Young Kids

How to Give Your Kids a Happy Childhood

June 2, 2020 By Karen Leave a Comment

As adults, looking back at our childhood days and telling stories to our kids about our experiences during childhood is such a wonderful time. We would always wish that our kids would be able to experience a fun-filled and happy childhood where all the scratches on our kneed can be cured by candies and the only problem we have is how to convince our Mommies to let us skip afternoon naps. As parents, we wish our children will have a wonderful childhood too, more than just playing on the gadgets and watching tvs. But how do we really help our kids yo make these wonderful memories of childhood days? Let’s discuss that here in this article.

How to Help Your Child to have a Happy Childhood

•Spend time to bond with them. No matter how busy you are, don’t forget to bond with your kids. They will remember each game well played. Each happy moments you have decided to share with them instead of working for your own happiness will be appreciated.

•Support your kids in their dreams. When they are still little and yet they are already sure of what they like to be in the future, show respect and support them. Parent’s support and encouragements will always mean so much to a child. More likely, he will remember that as a good memory when he grows up and chase his dreams.

•Teaching Valuable lessons. As early as 3 years old, when you teach your child an important life lesson or value, live through it. Show to him that when he learns to maintain the goodness and kindness inside his heart, he will become someone who will be source of happiness and values to others too.

•Be an example. Don’t overreact, overthink about problems, don’t stress yourself too much over work, be a living example of someone who brings positivity. Filling his childhood with positivity and happy memories to cherish.

•Teach your child to become optimistic. Even if he just had a hard and tiring day, teach him to remain patient and positive towards reaching a goal. Being enthusiastic in given situations is one way to keep happiness just around you.

•Developing Gratitude. The feeling of being thankful and appreciative no matter what situation you are into and on every simple or little things is one way to be happy.

•Acknowledge you child’s emotions. A child who’s emotions are well discussed, and who’s moods are managed will become an adult who knows how to control his emotions. He will know how to divert and manage his feelings.

Childhood is a very important part of someone’s life. Some people tends to develop their personalities and behavious from childhood stage. It is important to give our children a happy, optimistic and positive childhood days that he gets to cherish for the rest of his life.

Filed Under: Growing Kids, Mommy Life, Parenting, Young Kids

How to Teach Your Child About Money Saving

June 1, 2020 By Karen 1 Comment

In today’s generation, life and living is no longer as simple and uncomplicated as it was during our childhood days. It is very important to teach our children values and lessons that will save them from hardship when they grow up and stand on their own feet. One of the best way to help our kids build their future is to teach them how to save money. Teach them on wisely spending and other techniques so they can appreciate the value and essence of saving money.

Saving Money Activities for kids

•Money as a reward. Give them a glimpse of how money as a reward works. Example, give them tasks to sweep the floor, to water the plants, or clean the table after meal time. Give them money as a reward in successfully doing some weekly chores you listed for them. As early as 3-5, they will experience that money should be hard earned and should be valued.

•Money in a jar. Each time they earn money from chores or when someone gives it, make them equally devide the money to placenit in 2 jars (for wants and for needs). Each time they want to buy little kiddie stuffs like chocolate or candy, they can get the money from wants. On the other hand, when they need to buy something they think they really need, they can get from the other jar. Explain to them that saving is a very good means to get what they want or need as long as they keep their head on it.

•Goal for savings. Let them set goals like a storybook they really like to have, and set that as their main goal to save so that they will be motivated.

•Prioritizing and budgeting. When going to the mall to buy stuffs, let them have limited money and make them choose to what they want. Each time they get something, ask them if that is really2 needed. In the end, they should be able to get what they like or need the most and eliminate those that are just tempting to the eyes.

•Teach them about contentment. Make your kids see that as long as they have what they need and maybe a few of what they want, they should be contented. Spending money just because you have it is a big No No. Saving for emergencies and for the future should be discussed as well so your child can have a picture of what he is saving for.

•Be an example. Don’t teach your child to save wisely, then you keep on spending over things you are tempted to buy. Do what you have taught your children and set as a good example of someone who has effective savings plan.

Teaching kids about the value of saving is not really an easy peasy task. It would require patience and contentment to overdlow and avoid spending on things you don’t really need. In the future, once your child is already old enough, he will be come a money-smart person and surely, he will thank you for teaching him that as early as possible.

Filed Under: Growing Kids, Mommy Life, Parenting, Young Kids

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