4 Fun and Easy Ways to Teach Kids about Money Management

How often do you talk to your children about money? Every day? Every time you go shopping with them? Every time they ask for a new toy or a gadget? Is the subject of “money management” taboo in your family? When you talk about money you suddenly get everyone talking about money from pocket money to how to invest in …

5 Surpricing Benefits of Playing Computer Games

Playing computer games is instant fun, very easy to access and in most cases very capable of putting a smile on your face. The fun increases when you share it with your kids. Young kids need a healthy example of playing computer games. Apart from the usual attention to age appropriation you can set time limits and create a fun …

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5 Unexpected Benefits of Playing Online Video Games

Playing online video games is an activity that gets a fair bit of a bad reputation. This concept is further encouraged by the constant strive for “reducing screen time” and the so-called “digital detox”.  Nevertheless, sitting in front of an online game and engaging with it has some surprising benefits. These include stress relief, problem-solving skills and healthy brain stimulation. …

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How to tell Magical Story to a child?

Jenny Bailey Co-founder and author of Tales from Mother Earth ___________ Many times, as a parent I’ve made up stories with my children. Invariably all of mine have been about animals, where we’ve helped them, or where they’ve started talking to us and magically allowed us to enter into their world. My boys would want me to revisit these stories …