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Drawing
09.03.2025

Children run through life with their eyes wide open and their emotions running high - that's just the way the world works in the early years.

Elena Shimanovskaya child prohibitions emotions raising children Children 9 March 2025
Playground
26.02.2025

A mini-drama unfolds on the playground: three-year-old Vanya is clutching a brightly colored truck tightly in his hands, and a neighbor boy is pulling him towards himself, shouting: “Give it to me!”

Elena Shimanovskaya child upbringing raising children secrets of education Children 26 February 2025
Children
18.02.2025

Are you sure that your three-year-old reciting poetry and solving equations is a source of pride and not a hidden threat to his future?

Elena Shimanovskaya child child development development raising children Children 18 February 2025
Phone
17.02.2025

"He smashed his phone against the wall when I turned off the Wi-Fi," tweeted the mother of 10-year-old Tom from California.

Elena Shimanovskaya gadgets child and gadgets child psyche Children 17 February 2025
Food
17.02.2025

Is your child declaring war on broccoli? Don't rush to hide the vegetables in puree.

Elena Shimanovskaya child nutrition baby food food Children 17 February 2025
Pipe
17.02.2025

Every mother wants to create a safe and cozy space for her baby. But how to choose the right device among the many options?

Elena Shimanovskaya newborns child baby sleep goods for children Children 17 February 2025
Hands
14.02.2025

"Have you seen her daughter? At five years old, she speaks three languages!" parents whisper at school meetings.

Elena Shimanovskaya upbringing brick child parents and children Children 14 February 2025
Shop
13.02.2025

Even if you don’t have children of your own, you may have witnessed more than once how some child in a store persistently tugged at his mother’s sleeve and asked in a drawn-out voice: “Come on, buy it, buy it!”

Elena Shimanovskaya children and parents children's whims purchase spoiled child Children 13 February 2025
Child
11.02.2025

In raising children, you need to use not only the “stick”, but also the “carrot”.

Elena Shimanovskaya child encouragement upbringing raising children Children 11 February 2025
Child
07.02.2025

The ability to roll over is one of the first important skills that a baby will have to master.

Elena Shimanovskaya baby child teaching a child skills Children 7 February 2025
Dummy
20.01.2025

Whether or not to give a baby a pacifier is a decision that should be made exclusively by his parents, and not by grandparents or self-proclaimed “experts” on the Internet.

Elena Shimanovskaya child children and parents Advice to parents raising children Children 20 January 2025
Children
10.01.2025

Every parent sooner or later faces the question: when can you start leaving your child home alone?

Elena Shimanovskaya child loneliness upbringing parents and children Children 10 January 2025
Children
04.01.2025

Being an authority figure for your child is, frankly speaking, not easy. It is even more difficult to get that authority figure back.

Elena Shimanovskaya children and family parents and children parents raising children Children 4 January 2025
Baby
02.01.2025

If you've never encountered the term "white noise" before, here's the definition: it's a mixture of sounds that are simultaneously played at all frequencies that the human ear can perceive.

Elena Shimanovskaya child parents and children upbringing raising children Children 2 January 2025