The meaning of Christmas

This month of December, we are being bombed with a lot of advertisement creating or encouraging to buy this or that product and kids are usually an easy target of different kind of stores, but during this celebration of Christmas, there should be a moment that have to take and talk with our kids about the meaning of Christmas, is not only writing a letter to Santa asking for toys if they were good during the year, or buying a big Christmas tree to put their gifts under, we ought to explain also that on Christmas we celebrate the nativity of Jesus Christ that came to this world to save us, and also it’s not only about receiving nice things, it’s also about sharing and giving, like He did for us, that is a good time of the year to share with those that have less than us and time to forgive and be united in family, in that way they can celebrate Christmas like kids but knowing that there’s a meaning, there’s a reason why we do all those nice things for Christmas Eve.

A ride for the doll

The other day Angela that has a 3 years old girl, went out to the park with her and the baby that is only 6 months old, she put the baby in the stroller and her 3 years old wanted to guide the stroller, this would be ok if they were in a safe area with no streets or stairs, but they still were in their apartment, her 3 years old girl then wanted to take the doll with them, but she had to hold the doll all the time and at the end Angela had to guide the stroller and hold the doll; now what is the importance of this situation, children tend to imitate and when they have little brothers or sisters they want to help, which is o.k. but sometimes is better to role play a little, in this case the solution here is to have a doll buggy and they can play with it for hours, developing creativity and imagination that is the biggest benefit of the pretend play in toddlers, and also a way for them to practice before they can help actually with the baby, however in this case, when the girl gets old enough to help, most likely the little baby will be old enough for not to be on a stroller.