Child Development
Moving Onwards: Your 11-Year-Old’s Development
Your child is facing significant changes in their life: a new school, approaching teenhood, and a changing body may feel scary and make life challenging. ...
Moving Onwards: Your Ten-Year-Old’s Development
Your child is now officially in their second decade, and while they no longer need you to hold their hand as often, you still have ...
Moving On: Your Nine-Year-Old’s Development
You’ve been a parent for nine years. You’ve seen your child progress from a helpless infant to an increasingly independent child with their own personality, ...
Moving Onwards: Your 13 to 15-Year-Old
Your child is now officially a teenager, and it can be a challenging time for both of you. While they might be walking more confidently ...
Communication Strategies for Parents of Children with ADHD
Parenting a child with attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a challenge. Communication is essential and communicating with a child who ...
15 Valuable Life Skills to Teach Your Teen as They Prepare for Adulthood
As a parent, your job is to take care of your children until the day arrives when they can strike out on their own. While ...
Set Your Child Up for Success by Teaching Healthy Boundaries
As a parent, you may have wondered how best to help your children learn to make positive choices. One way to set your children up ...
5 Books to Help with Potty Training
Three pivotal events mark the development of a toddler: the first word, the first step, and potty training. Generally, a child doesn’t need too much ...
How to Calm a Crying Baby
The earsplitting screams of a baby can irritate the sweetest soul. It can also aggravate postpartum depression and compromise the health of the mother. Since ...
5 Foods That Negatively Affect Your Child’s Mood
Parents intuitively know that food can impact their child’s behavior and mood. We know that sweets, for example, can cause bouts of hyperactivity. But mood-altering ...
Empathy: Teaching Kids to Value Others
Empathy is one of those strange qualities – something almost everyone wants, but few know how to truly give or receive it. In a world ...
6 Sneaky Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat Healthier
Getting kids to eat healthily can be an exercise in frustration and the source of much family discord. Many kids are picky eaters, to ...
Get Moving! Toddler Activities to Encourage Physical Development
There are countless activities to keep a toddler happy and occupied on a rainy day. The challenge is uncovering the ones that help develop their ...
How to Get Involved with Your Child’s School
Getting involved in your child’s school activities is an excellent way to further develop a bond with your child. Getting involved also helps your ...
How to Keep Your Child Active During Summer Break
Remember when you were a kid dreaming of summer days spent hiking, fishing, and playing outdoors? Childhood looks a lot different today than it ...
