RSS Feed

Parenting & Pregnancy > Feeding & Breastfeeding Tips and tricks to help your baby eat on his/her own

1 of 8

While most babies are more than eager to feed themselves, they usually don't quite have the motor skills to do so and the result is less than pretty. And then there are always the fussy eaters who turns up their noses at anything solid and don't see why they need to progress from breast or bottle milk. So what's a parent to d... More..

Arts & Humanities > Language Resources To what extent can you learn a foreign language listening to CDs in the car?

3 of 14

Listening to CDs in the car is a great way of using time that might otherwise be wasted. However, the extent to which you'll learn the foreign language depends on several factors:1) The quality of the teaching program on the CDs. While this is probably very obvious to most, there are less than adequate programs on the market,... More..

Food & Drink > Salad Recipes Recipes: Salade nicoise

2 of 7

This is a traditional recipe for Salade Nicoise which I grew up on in France, and which my family, in turn, really loves. Serves 4 people 1/2 medium cos lettuce12 cherry tomatoes12 nicoise olives (if you can't get these use Spanish black olives)1/2 Spanish onion, sliced thinly2 small cucumbers (Lebanese cucumbers are good), s... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Methods Treating your kids fairly even if they behave differently

2 of 4

Any parent who has more than one child has experienced the bewilderment when they realize that what worked for the first child is failing miserably with the second. And then numbers three and four come along, and we have to admit to ourselves that they're all very different and we're basically clueless as to how to manage the... More..

Arts & Humanities > Classical Literature & Mythology Dorothy Sayers' classical revival in The Lost Tools of Learning

1 of 2

When Mis Sayers presented her now-famous "Lost Tools of Learning" in 1947, she verbalized what many were thinking but not saying: "What is happening to the education of our children?"She hit the nail on the head when she said, "Has it ever struck you as odd, or unfortunate, that today, when the proportion of literacy througho... More..

Food & Drink > Soup & Stew Recipes Recipes: Cucumber soup with mint

1 of 1

Here is a nice recipe for those hot evenings when nobody wants to cook:Cold Cucumber and Mint Soup (serves 4 people)Ingredients:1 large cucumber, peeled and seeded1 clove of garlic, finely minced4 young radishes, very thinly sliced3 tablespoons fresh chives or spring onion, finely chopped2 cups of plain yogurt2 tablespoons of... More..

Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) True gardening stories: Me vs. the family pet, a battle of wills

6 of 10

I should say, first up, that the battle is over and I didn't win. However, there are no ill feelings on either side and I feel my pets and I now understand each other much better.When we first moved into our house, we only had one small child and a fairly reasonable dog. Life looked fairly rosy and I made big plans for my gar... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face When parents over-identify with their kids

3 of 5

When a couple finally give birth to their much-wanted baby, it's only natural that they spend much time planning and fussing over this amazing little person, and do their best to give him a wonderful life.What can happen though, is that one or both of the parents, in an effort to realize this wonderful life, start to think al... More..

Arts & Humanities > Language Learning Tips Teaching your child a foreign language

5 of 6

WHY? Because children, especially young children, have the ability to easily learn and remember languages other than their mother tongue. This ability decreases with age to the point where adults find it much more difficult to learn a new language, and are often incapable of perfecting an accent.WHEN? The earlier the better, ... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Childhood Development How parents can develop children's emotional intelligence

8 of 9

The term "emotional intelligence" is fairly recent, but this ability that some people seem to have more than others is far from new. It's basically the ability to "read" what others are feeling (without them having to tell you) and altering your behavior accordingly. Or, to reduce it to even simpler terms, it's the ability to... More..

Lucy Bond

• Contact This Writer
• Add to Favorites

My credentials

My stats

Articles Written: 13

Recent articles

1. What place do libraries have in our education system today, considering the rise in Internet-based research?
2. Tips and tricks to help your baby eat on his/her own
3. Recipes: Cucumber soup with mint
4. How to make Turkish coffee
5. Dorothy Sayers' classical revival in The Lost Tools of Learning
6. When parents over-identify with their kids
7. Recipes: Salade nicoise
8. True gardening stories: Me vs. the family pet, a battle of wills
9. How to choose a perfume that suits you
10. To what extent can you learn a foreign language listening to CDs in the car?

My channels

• Arts & Humanities  ( 3 )
• Education  ( 1 )
• Food & Drink  ( 3 )
• Home & Garden  ( 1 )
• Parenting & Pregnancy  ( 4 )
• Style & Beauty  ( 1 )
• Show All Articles