BabyTalk – Baby & Kids, Pregnancy & Parenting Malaysia

Brain-Based Strategies for Our Kids
Years ago, a parent was concerned about her daughter who wouldn’t stop moving during class time. This little girl had a problem focusing and we did extra multi-tasking exercises with her to help her focus better. She was allowed to move in class, stretched, and skipped during learning. Years later, she’s an accomplished budding junior athlete and a good student who is much better at managing her attention span independently. Continue reading

Have you been to a toddler’s birthday party lately? They seem to cater more for the parents than the little ones don’t they – food-wise, that is? Could one of the reasons be that there’s not that many appropriate or ‘safe’ choice of food to be offered to little ones?

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Let’s face it – eating healthy is something even adults struggle with, even though it’s something doable! It’s no secret these days that eating the right kinds of food will help keep all sorts of illnesses at bay, and the younger a person develops the taste for healthy foods, the better! Continue reading

Sensible and smart parenting ways can help build better confidence in little ones. Not all children have the same traits and most times, parents have to deal with different characters even among their own children. If your child seems to lack confidence or seems too shy, this piece is for you. Continue reading

Each day in our lives, we leave behind our carbon footprints – and the environmental impact of our actions and lifestyle. As the world becomes more aware of the negative impacts of carelessness and harshness that our planet is currently undergoing, with deforestation, pollution, etc, we need to work together to ensure that what we leave behind for our future generation is inhabitable. And how do we do that? Continue reading

Young or old, it’s not easy to walk past a toy shop without at least glancing into it for a glimpse (or a long gaze!) at all colourful and inviting sight of all those toys. Still, visual appeal aside, toys play an integral part of a growing child’s life in terms of physical and cognitive development. Continue reading