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Most injuries from toys are usually minor. But sometimes toys have been proven dangerous enough to cause severe injuries or even death. Here are 10 simple tips to avoid choosing the wrong toy for your child.

• Read the label before buying any toy. It contains useful information for the use of the toy, the age of the children that can safely play with it, and it also recommends if it needs supervision by an adult.

The solutions to remedy to it exist, provided that we agree to show them the way:

1 – The toddlers until two-three years old

Do not plan to make them tidy up before two years old. They are, during this period of their life, in an intense phase of discovery of their universe and try above all to touch, to move and to study what surrounds them. On the other hand, they appreciate to find day after day the same toys: it reassures them and allows them to appropriate them and to discover them under various angles. Be thus the mainspring in tidying up, but watch as much as possible to give to every object or type of object a fixed location.

1. First thing’s first

Start by explaining to your child, without put pressure on him/her, that school is very important for him/her and that you are expecting the best possible he/she can do.

2. Establish scheduled hours for studying

Every child needs a routine. Define his/her program depending on his/her age, in a quiet and pleasant environment. Help your children as much as you can, but try not falling into the trap doing your entire child’s homework.

Online games are a great way to spend quality time with your child. Not only you share fun but there is a great opportunity to share some learning activities. The most important thing to remember is that your child, infant, toddler or preschooler need his own space and time for each activity.

Here is a small tip for the parents. It would be helpful if you have already played the games and spotted which are more fun for your child, more appropriated for his/her age, and then explain to him/her the rules of the game.

Children prefer an exclusive love and attention from their parents, and they often have jealous reactions when a younger sibling is born. Find out if your child is likely to act in this way and what you can do to keep a balanced harmony in your family.

Jealousy in children can be expressed with the following ways:

When a child:

• Becomes aggressive with his little brother or sister or with the parents, many times without particular reason. Finding absurd and insignificant excuses, he shows his anger, he hits, uses bad language, pulls other children’s hair and bites.