Tag: Parenting

— Book Recommendation, Planning The Week —

Planning The Week – Book Recommendation: ‘Pieces Of My Mother’, by Melissa Cistaro

April 3, 2016
Sahar's Book Recommendation

Happy Sunday!  This blogger uses Sundays to plan and prepare for the upcoming week.  I have been asked so many times about the resources that help me plan a full week that I decided to launch the “Planning the Week” feature with three concomitant components: a recommended book to make your commute easier; a healthy… Read More Planning The Week – Book Recommendation: ‘Pieces Of My Mother’, by Melissa Cistaro

— Book Review, Education, Non Fiction, Parenting, Review, Self-Help —

Book Review: ‘Stop and Smell Your Children’, by Leah Spina

November 9, 2015

Book Review: ‘Stop and Smell Your Children’, by Leah Spina About the author: Leah Spina is a former journalist of a national newsweekly magazine and also worked as a childbirth coordinator at a large adoption agency. She has her B.S in Business Administration from Thomas Edison State College. She has two adorable children – Samson… Read More Book Review: ‘Stop and Smell Your Children’, by Leah Spina

— Book Review, Non Fiction, Parenting —

Book Review: ‘Baby Comes Home: A Parent’s Guide to a Healthy and Well First Eighteen Months’, by Paul Roumeliotis

September 14, 2015

About the author: Dr. Paul Roumeliotis is an expert on early child health and wellness and a health communications pioneer. His educational content has reached millions of people online and he is regularly featured on television and radio. He is an adjunct professor of pediatrics and former director of Multi-Format Health Communications for the Faculty… Read More Book Review: ‘Baby Comes Home: A Parent’s Guide to a Healthy and Well First Eighteen Months’, by Paul Roumeliotis

— Book Review —

Book Review: Growing up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World, by Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane

June 9, 2014

That there are more screens in our lives now than ever is probably something we all agree on. Even if we do not personally own one, screens are everywhere: on roads, in stores, at our workplace, in schools, ad nauseum. In my personal, non-expert point of view, screens are here to stay. Thankfully, screens are… Read More Book Review: Growing up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World, by Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane

— General —

It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: One Way We Can Contribute

September 29, 2013

While not a parent myself, the well-being of children is a heartfelt concern of mine, increasingly so as more and more of my friends are having babies. While the Baha’i Writings offer excellent guidance on how to raise children, there is still a wide breadth of options available within it. And so, it is not… Read More It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: One Way We Can Contribute