Parenting Blog & Articles
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 ...
Why It’s Good to Teach Your Child to Ride a Bike
Most kids want to learn to ride a bike, and it’s an easy way to get them into the fresh air and exercising, but ...
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 ...
Tips for Organizing a Stress-Free Children’s Birthday Party
Children count the days until their birthday and love to celebrate by inviting their friends to their party. However, organizing a child’s birthday party can ...
How to Address Your Teenager’s Spending Behavior
As a parent, you try to teach your children to use money wisely. When childrenbecome teenagers, they seem to forget everything you’ve taught them. This ...
Troubled Children Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder May Fare Better with a Different Diagnosis
In a paper published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health,Erik Parens and Josephine Johnston examine the evolution of the diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder ...
Raising Your Teen’s Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is a tricky beast for teenagers, especially with the roller-coaster of emotions roiling through them. Some days they might feel on top of the ...
Speech & Language Goals in Preschool
It is the preschool years when children’s language abilities really take off. By the age of 5, while your preschooler won’t be able to engage ...
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 ...
Top Ipad Educational Apps
The Apple iPad is one of the most well-known, and most widely adopted tech devices of modern times. Almost singlehandedly, Apple revolutionized the handheld computer ...
How to Help Your Child Be an Entrepreneur
All parents want to give their children every advantage possible to live a fulfilling and independent adult life. However, many children arrive to young adulthood ...
Parenting Made Easy: How to Help Your Child Learn to Read
You helped your child learn to crawl. You helped them learn to walk. You even helped your child learn to use the potty. Now, it’s ...
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 ...
Toys for the Under Ones – A Parent’s Guide
It’s natural to want to buy toys for your new baby, but how do you know what to choose? How much notice should you pay ...
Television and Academic Performance: How to Develop Good TV Habits in Children
The benefits that television has given to society are immense. It acts as a medium of entertainment that keeps us in good spirits, it relays ...
Help! I Hate My Child’s Teacher
Tight deadlines, too many tasks, and less than mediocre pay are what teachers face today. Common core, standardized testing, and disciplinary issues take away from ...
Helping Your Teen Develop Her Sense of Style
Before you know it, the little girl who you dressed in pretty outfits that you chose will be ready to make her own fashion decisions. ...
Top Organizational Apps for the Stay-at-Home Parent
Are you a stay-at-home parent looking for organizational tools? Do you want to make the most of your time with your children yet still stay ...
Easing Your Children’s Fears After a Break-In
You never thought it could happen to your family. But it did. Someone broke into your home, and now you are left with the task ...
Five Tips for Avoiding Conflict at Family Dinners
While everyone has the best of intentions when planning a large family dinner, the unfortunate reality of these celebratory events is that ...
Establish a Daily Routine With Expectations Clearly Defined and Discussed in the Family
When giving chores or responsibilities around the house, be sure they are reasonable, limited in number, and developmentally appropriate for your child. Check out these ...
Have You Had ‘The Talk’ with Your Teen: Security in a Digital Age
Parents, it’s time to have “the talk” with your teen. No, not the conversation about the birds and the bees, the social media talk. The ...
Stop That Screaming – Dealing With Tantrums
It can happen to you. Your child will be lying on the floor in the middle of the supermarket having a full-blown meltdown. You will ...
So Easy a Toddler Can Do It: Chores Simple Enough for a Toddler
Life with a toddler can get messy. From finger paints to piles of laundry, it seems like chores may never get done. By involving your ...
Financial Skills Your Child Needs Before Heading Off to College
A child leaving for college is a stressful experience. After all, you watched your child enter the world, you held his hand as he took ...
Development Activities for 5-Year-Olds
Your son has started school and, though he’ll be learning about himself and the world around him in class, you still have a key role ...
How to Support Your Child’s Creative Side
For many children, art comes naturally. From painting and drawing to making music; the arts are not only a source of fun but also a ...
Moving Onwards – Your Four-Year-Old’s Development
Your child is four-years-old, and it’s likely you’ll be looking ahead to enrolling him in school soon. There is a nagging worry that can trouble ...
Benefits of Making Babyfood at Home
If you’re a new mom, you want what’s best for your baby. A healthy baby begins with good nutrition. Supermarket shelves are loaded with prepared ...
Keeping Your Teen Safe: Parties
When it comes to raising teenagers, parents can go through a difficult time in worrying about where they are and what they are doing. The ...
Tech Treats for New Parents
Are you an expectant mom preparing for the birth of your eagerly anticipated child? Or are you a protective partner stressing over the arrival of your ...
Raising Healthy Kids in an Unhealthy World — 10 Ways to Encourage Smart Snacking
Raising kids with healthy eating habits is becoming more difficult by the day. We live in a preprocessed and prepackaged world, and getting kids to ...
Play Date Out and About
For all the moms of small kiddos out there, you know that just finding ways to keep the little ones occupied can be an ongoing ...
The Pros and Cons of Giving a Mobile Phone to a Teenager
Most teenagers own a mobile phone. Some are able to buy their own phone from the money they earn from working part-time, but the more ...
