Next to yourself and their best playmates, those that your child will undoubtedly form a bond with in their early life, will be the characters that they watch on their favourite cartoon shows during the day. Cartoon characters can be a fantastic outlet for your children and the type of characters that...

When television is not watched with reckless abandon, it's a great tool for young children to acquire vocabulary, information, ideas and even learn about values. But how children watch television is very important. Here are a few helpful tips to guide in television viewing. Avoid open-ended TV viewing...

While the net can offer both educational and entertaining experiences, learning how to surf with your child is advisable. Here are a few tips to guide you and your child's surfing experiences: Surfing Treat time on the internet as you would time watching TV. Monitor not just the sites your child...

Bath time no longer needs to be something to dread. Here are a few techniques to help make bath time fun time. Activities Singing is not only a fun way to pass the time; it may help relax children of any bath time anxieties. Before the next bath, freeze some small plastic toys in Styrofoam cups filled...

Children's culture is filled with playful animals from Scooby Doo, to Bambi to Big Bird to the stars of recent hit films such as Madagascar or Over the Hedge . And while these depictions are very entertaining to both kids and adults alike, they bear very little resemblance to reality, where animals...

While your tot may not always love to take a trip to the tub, there are some things that you can do to make it a more pleasurable experience for them and yourself. While water that is too cold might not get them clean, water that is too hot can be a painful experience. Remember that what is a good temperature...