Parenting Blog & Articles
5 Poisonous Houseplants to Keep Away from Toddlers and Pets
When decorating your living space, houseplants are a natural consideration. Their living greenery infuses life into your home and many plants help clean indoor air. However, ...
Sleep Problems and What to Do About Them
According to Peg Dawson of the Seaport Coast Mental Health Center, as many as 30% of children suffer from sleep disorders. This amounts to ...
Taking Your Teenager on Vacation
As we raise our children, we face differenct obstacles as they go through different developmental, shall we say, “challenges.” At no time are these challenges ...
Scuba Diving for Kids – What You Should Know about It
Although it’s not usually written as such, “scuba” is actually an acronym. It stands for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, which sets it apart from ...
Teens: How to Conquer Boredom
Do your teens whine about being bored? As a parent, that can certainly get on your nerves – you probably don’t remember the last time ...
Pet Ownership May Decrease Infections in Children
A recent study published in Pediatrics suggests that children who are exposed to pets in the first year of life have fewer upper respiratory tract ...
Spending the day at the amusement park with your kids
Here are a few simple tips to make a family trip to an amusement park safe and fun for all: Bring bottles of water, kids ...
Miniature Golf – Fun for the Whole Family
Families these days seem to be drifting apart at an alarming rate. Parents often work overtime or have more than one job just to make ...
Safety Tips for Enjoying Fireworks this Independence Day
Enjoying the fireworks is one of the most fun things about Independence Day. They are spectacular for all ages, but they are especially enchanting for ...
Why Kids Should Learn to Cook
As more and more emphasis is placed these days on eating whole foods and having meals at home, some people may be eager to embrace ...
Mothers’ Migraines Linked to Infant Colic
Mothers with a history of migraines are twice as likely to have an infant with colic. The genes that are linked to migraines may cause ...
Attention and Concentration Problems
Attention and Concentration Problems: Biofeedback and Neurofeedback as Alternative Therapies for Helping Your Kids Perform Better in School, Sports, and Life Few of us have ...
Measles Making a Comeback
The number of cases and outbreaks have almost quadrupled in the United States in 2011. Normally there have been about 60 cases a year and ...
Surprising Videogame Benefits
Video games have been linked to violence, poor school performance, behavioral problems and addictive behaviors. But recently there have been studies to use videogames to ...
Autism
A recent report from the CDC indicates that the prevalence of autism has increased by 78% since 2002. It is unclear what has caused this ...
Making Boys Better Men
If men are simple and easily understood, then boys, who are arguably younger and smaller, should be even simpler and easier to understand. However, numerous ...
Take a Hike – Family-Friendly Walking Tips
A lot of emphasis is being placed on family fitness these days, and getting together for a walk or hike is a popular way to ...
Risky Teen Driving Habits Predicts Future Crashes
Teen drivers are typically involved in more accidents than more experienced drivers. A recent study seems to point out the causes of these teen driver ...
Video Game Addiction, Obsession, or Habit: How Much is Too Much?
I am often asked some variant of this question, and a few of my recent cases have stimulated me to explore more evidence-based answers to ...
Teens: Smart Ways of Organizing your Study Time for Maximum Efforts
Many teens, like many adults, don’t understand about time management. They struggle to meet their daily obligations – time with family and friends, homework, extracurricular ...
How to Prevent a Fire at Home
The very concept of a house fire is scary, and there’s no disputing the fact that devastating house fires do occur. To help prevent this ...
Food Allergies
More people are getting food allergies. From 1997 to 2007, 18% more children under 18 years were reported of having food allergies. Any food can ...
Top Tips for Helping Your Preschooler Make New Friends
Preschoolers may not make friends naturally or easily. Depending on your preschooler’s temperament, making friends may be easy or challenging. Generally speaking, preschoolers do not ...
Learning Disabilities and Extreme Patterns of Thinking
In addition to classroom challenges, one of the challenges facing students with learning disabilities or challenges is learning to curtail extreme thinking patterns. Child Psychologist, Dr ...
Why Puzzles Are Good for Your Child’s Development
You’ve probably heard that puzzles are good for your child’s mind and cognitive development; in fact, you may have received puzzles as baby shower or ...
Cell Phones – When to Consider Buying One for Your Kid
It used to be that kids begged their parents for a phone in their rooms. Now, parents are asked to make a different decision: whether ...
Easy Chore Ideas for Elementary School Kids
Are you wanting to implement more chores into your kids’ time at home? Many parents today are looking for ways to teach their kids to ...
How to Carve a Pumpkin – Top Tips
It’s time for pumpkin carving! All across the country, porches, driveways, storefronts, and so forth will glow with the orange-y light of jack-o-lanterns. To carve ...
Baby-Proofing Your Home – Top Tips
You have probably heard that you need to “baby-proof” your home when a baby or small child is around, but you may not know where ...
Teach Your Children Well . . . By Reading to Them
A recent study by the Department of Education that was reaported in Science Daily reported that 44% of Fourth Graders in the United States are ...
Benefits of Family Meals
It is well known that family meals are important and beneficial. But with new studies, family meals are becoming more recognized for their vital impact ...
Plugging In and Quality Time with Kids
How many times have you been annoyed when the people around you are talking on their cell phones too loudly or texting during a movie ...
How to Inspire Kids to Embrace Exercise
As a parent, you want what’s best for your children. You want them to be healthy and happy. One way to ensure they’re healthy is ...
Stranger Danger – How to Talk to Your Kids
Talking about this unpleasant subject can seem awkward at times. How do you tell your child there are very real dangers out there without making ...
The Importance of Teaching Manners to Kids
“Say thank you,” “Sit up straight,” “Shake hands,” “Say please”…Most of us heard phrases like this as we grew up, because our parents were teaching ...
Sure-Fire Ways to Get Your Teen to Read Every Day
With advances in technology, reading is becoming a lost art. More and more kids are finding other activities to engage in. what can you do ...
