10 ways to ensure the well-being of children and the tranquility of their parents

The daily life of parents with young children constantly requires high degrees of care and attention. To avoid danger, entertaining them, making them comfortable, making sure they sleep and eat properly, requires constant vigilance.

Anyone who is a parent uses a myriad of strategies that make life easier for their children, and themselves. Sometimes these are strategies with an educational goal. At other times, they are practical solutions that secure the safety and comfort of both child and parent.

Listed below, are some ingenious ideas which may help your parenting efforts too:

To be able to constantly meet the needs of a child, you need to be very organized. Using resealable, transparent bags, into which you put everything you need, neatly divided, is an excellent idea. And it is even better if the bags are held together by a key ring.

Sometimes, getting kids to eat is really tough. If you have the time, and the patience, making cute shapes with the food will be much more tempting for the children.

Setting up a hammock will allow your baby to sleep more peaceful and relaxed, thanks to the feeling of being cocooned and protected. With a large enough towel, quilt, or tablecloth, making an ad-hoc hammock can be very simple.

Getting a child recognize their right shoe from their left becomes very simple if you stick two halves of a sticker inside them which line up.

Creating a daily routine for children, using a set schedule, will make them more independent (and will make the parent more organized and calm).

A swimming pool in the shower is a classic when you have to remedy the lack of having a bathtub - like when on holiday, for example. And it's a tip that can also come in handy at home.

Two shoes made from cardboard are the ideal, fun teaching aid for older children who are learning to tie their shoes.

With a simple tray, black paint and felt, you can create a very useful, multifunctional travel aid. A tray that becomes a blackboard, a desk and an object holder complete with pockets is, without a doubt, a brilliant invention.

And using bath and shower shelves as toy holders is another great idea!

A net mounted on balconies and the stairs is another must when it comes to the safety of children in the house.

Tips and tools like these are vital in ensuring the safety and happiness of our children - why not give them a try?