Are Your Kids Too Clean? Germs vs. Playing Outside In a society where nothing is considered really clean unless it’s been immersed in Clorox, and hand sanitizer is hailed as the greatest thing since sliced bread, it turns out that maybe keeping... Read more
NATURE IS THE ULTIMATE SENSORY EXPERIENCE: A Pediatric Occupational Therapist Makes the Case for Nature Therapy More and more children are presenting with sensory issues these days. They are not moving like they did in years past. It is rare to... Read more
Cotton wool kids at risk of becoming mentally fragile WRAPPING kids in cotton wool is creating a generation of “psychologically fragile’’ children, according to Kidsafe ... Read more
Hawkes Bay Today published this article on January 8th 2014… While we all want our children to succeed, we also need to let our kids experience failure. As hard as it may be, kids need to learn how to cope with disappointment... Read more
Take a moment to remember your childhood… What are some of the things you remember the most?… I remember climbing trees, walking along fences, the higher the better and more than anything being encouraged to try anything and everything... Read more