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lifestyle

Yummy, mom: Parents guide to making sure kiddies snack healthy

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Parenting and Kids

How to respect your teen’s privacy and gain their confidence

Gwyneth Paltrow, Katy Perry, Goop Podcast, children, parenting
Sex, Love & Relationships

Goop goop! Gwyneth Paltrow says having kids ‘ruins’ relationships

healthy snack ideas for kids
Parenting and Kids

Yummy, mom: Parents guide to making sure kiddies snack healthy

teen matric support
Parenting and Kids

How to respect your teen’s privacy and gain their confidence

Gwyneth Paltrow, Katy Perry, Goop Podcast, children, parenting
Sex, Love & Relationships

Goop goop! Gwyneth Paltrow says having kids ‘ruins’ relationships

Watch driving his father’s car in Vereeniging video
News

WATCH: An 8-year-old boy driving his father’s car [VIDEO]

By Ramadhani Kusaga15-12-2022 11:45

Need your news quickly? Watch daily News in a minute videos from The South African YouTube page for all that you really need to know!

Clothes
Fashion and Beauty

Clothes that grow: Designer makes kidswear that stretches as kids develop

By Nokuthula Ngcobo05-12-2022 17:44

An aeronautical engineer and designer found a way to sustain fashion trends & the environment with garments that stretch as kids grow.

Clothes
Fashion and Beauty

Designer makes kidswear that stretches as kids develop

By Nokuthula Ngcobo21-11-2022 19:35

An aeronautical engineer and designer found a way to sustain fashion trends & the environment with garments that stretch as kids grow.

Raising a resilient child using music.
Parenting and Kids

Music proven to make your child more RESILIENT

By The Conversation10-11-2022 06:14

Raising children, the hardest job in the world, just got a cheat code! Raise your kids to become resilient individuals in the future.

One grandma had the most savage reaction to the news of her daughter's pregnancy. Image via Unsplash
Parenting and Kids

Gran trends after ‘messed up’ reaction to having another grandchild

By Marilynn Manuel22-09-2022 12:56

A savage TikTok grandma has gone viral for her lack of enthusiasm to hearing that her daughter is having another little baby.

This toddler decided to tear his mom's cash. Images via TikTok @mahlodi_phumi
Parenting and Kids

‘I’d faint’: Mom left with chest pains after toddler rips apart her cash

By Marilynn Manuel07-09-2022 15:04

Toddlers will show you flames! Ask this mommy who took her eyes off her son for a few minutes and came back to find her money torn up.

MOM-RACE-FACE-PLANTS-MOONS-CROWD
Parenting and Kids

Sun’s out, mom’s buns out? Woman moons crowd during kid’s school race

By Marilynn Manuel23-06-2022 19:23

LOL! One mom’s face had an untimely collision with the ground during a school race leaving her bare buttocks exposed to the shocked crowd.

Your kid needs a high-engagement learning experience at school.
Parenting and Kids

Why a high-engagement school environment boosts learning

By Marilynn Manuel29-05-2022 21:15

‘A child’s engagement is crucial to their learning ,’ says seasoned educational psychologist Angela Hough.

teenagers teen matric
Parenting and Kids

Here’s why it’s important to give your teen their privacy

By Marilynn Manuel29-05-2022 20:48

‘The freedom to explore different facets of identity goes hand-in-hand with a need for greater privacy,’ says psychologist Lekha Daya.

online learning children myths.
Parenting and Kids

The new normal: Busting the myths of your child’s online learning

By Marilynn Manuel29-05-2022 19:40

There many myths around online learning which make many parents sceptical about whether it’s a good option for their children.

maintenance businessman
Parenting and Kids

Wealthy businessman to pay R70k maintenance after offering only R2k

By Marilynn Manuel11-05-2022 11:53

The Johannesburg High Court has ordered a wealthy businessman to pay R70 000 in maintenance after he tried to argue that R2000 is sufficient.

YouTube Kids
Parenting and Kids

YouTube Kids alert! Drug culture and firearm content slip through cracks

By Nokuthula Ngcobo06-05-2022 19:04

‘Kid-friendly’ app? Music with lyrics about cocaine found among content deemed appropriate for children as young as two on YouTube Kids…

school
Parenting and Kids

Mom sparks debate: Should kids win prizes for perfect school attendance?

By Marilynn Manuel21-04-2022 16:24

A mom has argued that her child is being punished for staying absent because prizes are given to kids who have 100% attendance.

school early development
Parenting and Kids

Attention parents: These school changes will soon be compulsory for kids

By Marilynn Manuel06-04-2022 11:20

The Department of Basic Education is making big changes to the country’s schooling system to ‘improve education and job outcomes’.

Passengers sing Baby Shark
Lifestyle

‘Baby Shark’ to the rescue! Passengers singing to crying child a hit [watch]

By Nokuthula Ngcobo22-03-2022 18:12

Passengers on a plane are being applauded for singing ‘Baby Shark’ to a crying toddler in a TikTok video that has since gone viral.

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Parenting and Kids

Cultivate a love for learning: How to give your kid an academic jumpstart!

By Marilynn Manuel01-03-2022 18:22

Healthy routines, resilience and staying positive are just a few ways you can give your kid an educational jumpstart in grade one!

Zenande Mfenyana complains about the cost of baby formula
Celeb News

‘R20 million on formula’: Zenande Mfenyana bemoans the price of babies

By Megan van den Heever18-02-2022 17:33

Soapie actress and model Zenande Mfenyana has bemoaned the cost of feeding a baby…and we can relate to a that!

Zandu-and-dad.
Lifestyle

Ag nee Zandu! 6-year-old drives dad crazy with Whatsapp texts [listen]

By Marilynn Manuel01-02-2022 13:53

A dad and his adorable son Zandu have gone viral after he got a cellphone and started Whatsapp’ing everyone a million times a day!

dad and daughter.
Lifestyle

LOL! Daughter stops mom from taking dad’s phone, SA can’t deal! [watch]

By Marilynn Manuel31-01-2022 08:15

Mzansi has not stopped laughing at a clip of a daughter stopping her mom from getting hold of her dad’s phone. Take a look…

toddler mom
Lifestyle

Mom shook after toddler uses phone to order R30 000 worth of furniture!

By Marilynn Manuel27-01-2022 12:11

Another toddler has managed to bamboozle his parents after he used mommy’s phone to order chairs worth R30 000!

TV girl playing
Lifestyle

‘Kids will be the death of us’: Little girl plays on top of 75-inch TV [watch]

By Marilynn Manuel22-12-2021 15:51

South Africans have all agreed that the school’s need to open ASAP after a little one was caught playing on top of a flat-screen TV!

vaseline
Parenting and Kids

Sjoe! Mom scrapes heaps of Vaseline off her toddlersaurus’ head [watch]

By Marilynn Manuel08-12-2021 14:27

Toddlers will show you flames! One mommy can attest to this after her bundle of joy decided to empty a tub of Vaseline on her head.

heavy k
Celeb News

‘Stop that!’: Heavy K slams single moms who ‘use kids as weapons’

By Marilynn Manuel30-11-2021 11:14

SA musician Heavy K has slammed mothers who keep their kids from spending time with their fathers out of spitefulness.

dad daughter
Parenting and Kids

‘I love my daughter but…’: Dad slammed for refusing to ‘babysit’

By Marilynn Manuel28-11-2021 21:15

‘A huge red flag’: One internet dad has been severely slammed for complaining about looking after his daughter.

genius count
Parenting and Kids

This two-year-old maths genius can count in multiple languages [watch]

By Marilynn Manuel30-10-2021 08:49

A two-year-old genius has left social media users in awe. The little one can count in English, Spanish, French, Twi, and Japanese!

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