Welcome back to Best Case Parenting. I started this website to give advice to parents as someone that has been a qualified early childhood teacher for over a decade. One of the areas I focus on is early reading skills, as I see a lot of parents out there that seem lost and confused about … Read more
Few struggles parents face can match the raw frustration that comes from trying to get their children dressed. Children can be surprisingly picky when it comes to what they’ll wear, and once you finally convince them to wear something, that’s only half the battle. Now you have to make sure that their clothes actually stay … Read more
Closets serve an interesting dual role of representing a source of comfort and fear. For children, a wardrobe serves as an escape from the ravages of WWII and entry into Narnia in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. On the flip side, the Harry Potter series features Boggarts, shapeshifting creatures which typically inhabit closets … Read more
Let’s be honest — you probably never thought that you’d be researching this topic. We all know that raising children can be challenging and that kids do things that can seem crazy to us as adults, but “peeing in weird places” is a category unto itself and not exactly a fun one. We all know … Read more
It’s the question every parent has to face sooner or later. Maybe you’re a strict by-the-book parent, maybe you’re loose and carefree and like your children to be the same, and maybe you’re somewhere in the middle (which is probably for the best). But wherever you may fall on the parenting spectrum and however “good” … Read more
Children are a bundle of oddities. They do all manner of different things that are an absolute mystery to everyone but themselves, and there are few better examples of that than children who choose to wear only one sock. Strange? Yes. Oddly specific? Absolutely. But whether it’s a simple quirk or a sign of something … Read more
Children are filled with idiosyncrasies, any number of which can be mystifying and maddening to parents. You may have no idea why your child does the things they do and the truth is that they themselves may not know. Case in point, children putting their toys in a line. There are any number of reasons … Read more
Few things are more important to the long-term health and wellbeing of your child than their dental hygiene. If that sounds crazy, consider the fact that oral hygiene can lead to a variety of dental and non-dental conditions ranging from cavities and gum disease to cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. That combined with the unsightly … Read more
Kids love to color, and they aren’t picky about how, when, or where they do it. On the one hand, you want your child to grow up imaginative and expressive, and allowing them time to color is one of the best ways to foster those ideas. What’s more, coloring can help teach children everything from … Read more
Welcome back to Best Case Parenting and another article around reading (I seem to be doing a lot recently!!). If you have ever wondered how to improve your child’s reading skills, this is the article for you 🙂 I have already written articles talking about the best and worst ways to teach reading, as well … Read more
