Community Posts, Tips & Support on Children's Activities

My 5year olds school is walking distance - about 15minutes walking but I let my kids use their scooter (other child is 3) so it's even quicker like 10mins or less. Sometimes my 5year old goes so fast he's way up ahead. I've told him so many times to look back and stop if mummy is too far and he's very good at doing ...

Please could anyone recommend any toys they have that their LO loves. I’m struggling for inspo and she is so bored of everything she has x

In a morning I’ll take my daughter in to pick what toys ( maximum of 3) she wants to play with then if she gets bored I’ll get her to pick another. My daughter is 2.5 Sorry can people comment yes/ no and give feedback 💕

My son isn’t a year old for another 8 months🤣 but I like to plan things ahead. Theme will be ‘one-a-saurus’ but I have no idea what I can do. Hiring a hall, bouncy castle and ball pit is all I can come up with but looking for any other ideas? Ages would range from 1 to 11🤣

It’s too cold where we are to go outside (she hates being bundled up cause she can’t move and the snow is too high) and we can’t figure out what to do that doesn’t cost $80 in tickets for someone who doesn’t do most of the activities (science centre etc). She’s not into sensory bins yet, and obviously gets bored w...

Heyy! I am really have trouble trying to please all my family. I have explained i am trying to limit visitors all at once as I want to protect my 2 month old baby. However some of family arent taking this well and think i dont want to see them. I have explained they are welcome to come and see the baby i just dont ...

Recommendations for baby shows , he’s about two months and I’ve been noticing him watch the tv more , what are some shows y’all’s babies watch or you watched as a child that might be entertaining, I know he’s not really “watching” it and it’s more the colors but maybe he’ll end up finding one he prefers

Hey all! I’m out of ideas to do during the day whilst it’s raining. My boy is 16 months on the 1st of Jan. we’ve done water play, arts and crafts, drawing and painting but he gets bored of this after 5mins😂

Anyone have this leap frog iPad I wanna get it for my son for Christmas do they really get like educational stuff out of it besides play time ? I want him away from YouTube when I can't see what he's watching while I drive if you have this please tell me if it's worth it

Today I showed my 16 year old son a video I thought was funny and he said, "this is so millennial core." And didn't even give a courtesy chuckle.

What toys are your toddlers enjoying right now?

Does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations for rainy day activities for a 9 year old and an almost 2 year old please?

Trying to make a full list of all of the things i need to get ready before little dude gets here from putting together the crib to writing out the instructions for the dogsitter. Every time i think ive got it all i think of something else. Anyone care to give me ideas to make my list longer? 😅

Hi I have moved my 10 years old daughter to a private school that’s quite competitive. Her previous school was v laid back so they were not challenging her at all and she always felt super smart in academics and creative in Art She has recently applied for Art & Academic scholarship and she wasn’t shortlisted in bo...

looking into hands free or ergonomically carrying option for the flight and trip. Please comment your experiences!!

My son has started to show an interest in wanting to help with things at home. He has a regular reward chart and I wondered what kind of chores would be appropriate for this age? So far I've got things like putting his dirty clothes in the laundry basket and helping feed the dog.

If your teaching your toddler the alphabet are you doing it saying it like A, B etc or using the phonics method?

Can you all give me some toy inspo for my 1 year old? Seems like he’s grown bored of all his ☹️

Has anyone ever taken their baby (or previous baby) abroad, when they're under the age of 1? Did you go for a week or longer? What do you do about food if they are not BLW? What are your top tips? What about sleeping/night schedule. Do you follow the same as home.

Hi all! My LG has had no screen time since she was born and next year we will start to introduce short periods of her watching tv. I have seen a lot of conversation around certain programmes that are negative for children such as coco melon. If you could please help and confirm what programmes you would be ok wit...