Category: Family

Jiena raġel miżżewweġ u għandi żewġt itfal, it-tnejn subien, wieħed ta’ 12-il sena u wieħed ta’ 10 snin. Jien u l-mara ma nistgħux naqblu fuq jekk it-tfal għandhomx jgħinu bil-faċendi tad-dar. Jiena nemmen li importanti li jagħtu daqqa t’id inkella

Let’s face it, juggling between work and taking care of your children is not an easy thing to do and it only gets harder when they are on holidays and you are not!

If we had to take a look

Amongst all the stressors and busyness of today’s life, the importance of play can easily go unnoticed. When we think of the importance of family play, we may mainly think of the benefits that it has for the development of

In the first part of this blog, I wrote about how the value of care between family members is a strong uniting force for many Maltese families. I also introduced a challenge that can be experienced by persons caring for

In this blog, which will be divided into two parts, I wish to discuss the role of care in the family. The Maltese family is typically united by strong ties of care and affection, where family members often feel a

In the first part of this two-part blog, I discussed the value of family rituals and traditions around Christmas time. The main benefits that were explored in my previous blog were:

• Family rituals and traditions offer families an opportunity to

The first part of this two-part blog discusses the value of family rituals and traditions around Christmas time. By family rituals and traditions, I am referring to a set of actions or behaviors that are repeated and that carry with

I am not saying anything new when I say that for many of us, companion animals are considered part of the family. In fact, Cohen (2002) found that over 85% of pet owners think of their companion animals as family

Imagine a scripted play and imagine the different character roles in a script that are defined by guidelines on what each actor contributes to the play. John Byng-Hall describes that similar to actors performing their roles in a play, we

Children would benefit from an ordered structure present in the family which is consistent and not contradicted. This is the maxim that was promoted in the field of parenthood and parenting in the last decades. This philosophy relies on the