You're at the park when another kid approaches yours and asks for the shovel they're currently using to build a castle in the sand pit. Although your parenting alarms begin to go off as you see the decision of "no" forming on your child's face, making your kid share their shovel isn't the best way to encourage them. In fact, it might be the worst. Sharing is a fundamental part of forming strong relationships, but you have to let children figure out its benefit. By understanding how your child processes generosity, you'll be able to find ways to encourage them to share—without prying the shovel out of their hands.Understanding the impact of choice Studies have shown that being generous is...
Click here to read 40 Easy Apple Activities for Kids to Experiment, Create & Learn on Hands On As We Grow® It’s apple picking time which also means its time to share some simple and fantastic apple activities for kids! Yes, there’s also some pretty darn cute apple crafts you can do with the kids. But this list is compiled of just activities that use actual apples in them! Stock up this season and have fun with it! We have a nice apple tree in our backyard, as well as at Grandma’s house, so we get lots and lots of apples! But don’t nearly get through them all every year. This year, I’m bummed. We are in the midst of a big...
Richard Garfield is known all over the world for the iconic game Magic the Gathering. Debuting in 1993, the game known as one of the first collectable card games, has gone on to be one of the biggest in the genre and has sparked countless expansions—even copycats jumping off from the concept. Designed to be customisable to fit each player, similar to building a D&D character, the game cemented his legacy in the pantheon of gaming. But this mathematician turned game designer was not done there, and has worked on many other games, including Star Wars Trading Card Game, The Great Dalmuti, Ghooost! Artifact for Valve, and recently, a quiz party game, Half Truth. Half Truth is a simple concept,...
Illustration by Brian Cronin Every new mother, it seems, is many generations in the making When I experienced my first quickening — the goldfish flop of a daughter deep in my belly — I was about 16 weeks pregnant and on a trip with my mom and sister in rural Ireland, home of many of my mother’s ancestors. We had just wandered the rocky ruins of a great-grandmother’s thatch-roofed seaside hut. I felt that first fetal tumble in my stomach afterward in a Galway pub, spooning up a bowl of piping-hot potato leek soup. It’s a bit unnerving to think that what all those unnamed mothers did centuries ago — in a world of strained sunshine and wet gray stone...
With the Christmas season approaching, shoppers are on the lookout for the best items to make the holiday season feel special. Along with the tradition of decorating Christmas trees, decking the halls with the best Christmas lights, and hanging up Christmas ornaments, many families use Advent calendars as a way to kickstart the season. The best Advent calendars can bring everyone together during the happiest, but also the busiest, time of the year. Advent calendars were initially created to serve as a religious-based countdown to Christmas. However, there are now more nondenominational versions, and modern Advent calendars usually come with some kind of small gift or treat for each day leading up to Christmas. There are Advent calendars for kids, ...
