Parenting Today Staff
Moving Onwards: Your Three-Year-Old’s Development
One of the greatest joys as a parent is watching your child learn and develop, but how do you know if she’s on track and ...
Discussing Sex with Your Teenage Son
Though talking about sex with your children can be awkward, don’t avoid it. Even if your teenager already knows about sex, you still need to ...
The Danger Window Blinds Pose to Toddlers
Parenting can sometimes seem like a constant series of emergencies, with threats to your child’s health around every corner. From the sodas that children drink ...
5 Tips for Avoiding a Toddler Tantrum When Shopping
If you’re planning a shopping trip with your toddler, you’ll be crossing fingers you can get him around town without a tantrum. But that’s ...
How to Enforce Driving Rules for Your Teen
One of the scariest days for any parent is the day their teenager, having passed their driver’s exam, takes the keys and backs out of ...
6 Survival Tips for Successful School Mornings
Have you ever noticed an inverse relationship between the behavior of parents and their children in the early hours of school mornings? As parents become ...
4 Ways to Keep Your Child Safe on the Internet
When your child was younger, you taught him or her how to look both ways before crossing the street, to avoid talking to strangers, and ...
4 Warning Signs Your Child May Be Using Inhalant Drugs
Inhalant drugs are dangerous chemicals you cannot see. They are harmful vapors emitted from products such as glue, paint, gasoline, polish for shoes, and fluid ...
5 Ways to Improve Family Communication
Healthy communication skills amongst family members can be some of the most difficult and trying to develop and maintain. They may be directly related to ...
4 Easy Ways Parents and Teachers Can Get Boys to Read
The number of boys who are proficient readers is significantly lower than it is for girls. This should be a matter of grave concern to both ...
Parenting 101: Food Allergies
These days, the possibility of food allergies lurks everywhere. The doctor warns the new mother not to let her 6-month-old try shellfish or eggs. The ...
Being a Stay-at-Home Dad: What to Expect
Times are changing. Things that were considered unheard of a few decades ago are becoming more common each day. With the norm being changed so ...
Lessons Children Learn from Playing Team Sports
Studies have shown that when children get involved in team sports, their overall educational experience is greatly improved. But what about the child that isn’t ...
How to Help Your Tween Start a Blog
Is your child amazed and inspired by stories? Have they expressed interest in creating his or her own stories or writing about their life? Ask your ...
When to Leave Your Teen Alone
Raising teenagers can be a terrifying experience. Often there are no easy answers, and every parent has a different struggle with their teen. However, every ...
Bond More and Stress Less With These Solutions to Common Road Trip Perils
Family road trips are great ways to draw families together and create memories that will last a lifetime. Unfortunately though, they also provide an opportunity ...
