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Bathroom Remodeling Ideas: 3 Budgets
Ready to give your bathroom a face-lift? Whether you’re updating the space in your rental unit or doing a tile-to-trimmings transformation in your home’s private spa, you’ll find bathroom remodeling ideas to suit your budget. Decorator Zoe Goldfine shows you how to start with a basic $150 bathroom makeover, and add splurges and style as your wallet allows. The $150 Budget Bathroom Makeover.What you’ll need to purchase:Paint Vanity hardware Towel and toilet paper storage.Accessories What you’ll repurpose:Furniture First take a look at the bones of the space. (more…)
Shy four year-old and group activities
Dear Patti, My daughter is VERY shy. She is 4 years old and very attached to her Mom and me but especially her Mom. She is very bright, speaks beautifully and is very creative. However, its not been easy, but we got her finally going to preschool without it being a major trauma. She now does okay there until they perform a group activity, where they have to sing or dance or something that calls attention to herself. You can see that she wants to do it so badly, but she’s afraid. We encourage her as much as we can, but we’re not having much success. This is just one small example. She is (more…)
Should your child attend a funeral?
A friend of the family has just died and I am wondering if my five-year-old granddaughter should attend the funeral. She knew this person, although not very well. Under what circumstances should a child attend a funeral or wake? Decisions like these have to do with both what is practiced in your family’s culture and also your particular child’s level of development and temperament. There is no “one right answer.” It is important, in considering what to do, to take into account a five year old’s capacity to understand death. Here are some things to consider:. Think about your child’s level of understanding. (more…)
15 Ways to Ease Your Child’s Fears
It took months before I was able to leave five-year-old Madison, my fourth child, at school without having to peel her fingers off of me one-by-one and endure her tears and tantrums. The curious thing was that she’d gone to nursery school the previous year without making a fuss. Although Madison’s teachers reassured me that she settled down and seemed worry-free within minutes after I left, I didn’t know how heart-broken I would feel leaving her in such a state.Separation anxiety is a little one’s way of saying how much they really don’t want to say good-bye. Most preschoolers and grade-schoolers (more…)
5 ways to help conquer their night fears
My two-year-old daughter has suddenly become afraid of the dark. There is a night light in her room, but she wakes up in the early morning, crying and covering her eyes. What can I do? Fears are a natural part of toddlerhood, although they can be unnerving for both toddlers and their parents. While new fears may look to you like regression, they are actually a sign of your daughter’s new understandings. Young babies don’t know that things exist even if they can’t see them. In other words, they are not sophisticated enough to be afraid of the dark. Your daughter, on theother hand, has had enough (more…)
