As the heat of summer settles around us, it is important to avoid overexposure to the sun and heat. Because of their less mature bodies, children are especially sensitive to the effects of the heat. Here are some tips for keeping cool this summer. Read the rest of this entry »

You have one of the world’s most important jobs. You help children feel strong, able, and loveable. Your positive, caring attitude is catching. As caregivers, your job is to encourage children to think about how people are alike and different, to ask all kinds of questions, and to find answers they can understand. Your words and attitude tell children that differences are wonderful. Read the rest of this entry »

When your child is aggressive, keep discipline fresh by tweaking old tactics to fit new circumstances.

By Margery D. Rosen | December 18, 2007

Nothing quite makes you feel like a candidate for Worst Mom of the Year than having your child hurt a playmate. To combat aggressiveness, teach assertiveness. Here’s how to do it at every age and stage: Read the rest of this entry »

When a 3 year old won’t sit still to learn letters, find more active ways to encourage learning.

By Susan Canizares PhD

Q: My 3-year-old son can’t seem to sit still when we try to teach him letters or numbers. He gets frustrated and distracted easily and asks us to answer our own questions. We’re concerned that he’s not learning at the right pace or may have attention deficit disorder. How do we know if these behaviors are normal and what he should and shouldn’t have already learned? Read the rest of this entry »

Look who’s walking and talking!

By Craig Ramey and Sharon Ramey

Look for your child to become more self-aware, to understand more fully the separateness of other people, and to exhibit a wider range of emotions. How you respond to her initiatives is increasingly important to her, and you will be guiding her behavior more visibly than before. This is a good time for her to understand what is expected of her. You can also support the emerging independence that comes as she begins to walk and talk. Some babies become perpetual motion machines at this stage! Read the rest of this entry »

Guide babies toward new levels of independence by tuning in to their signals and needs

By Alice Sterling Honig, PhD | April , 2003

Babies must learn to trust and depend on their parents and teachers before they can learn true independence. So, during the first year of life, the first step to guiding little ones toward true independence is to address bodily needs promptly. Become a wise interpreter of babies’ distress signals. Use your ingenuity to soothe and comfort babies. Trust what you know about each one’s special needs for food, cuddling, bodily comfort, your loving company, or stimulation with toys or activities. Read the rest of this entry »

By: Roy Derrick

There are many simple ways that parents can help encourage their child’s developments from an early age. Many basic tasks that we do with our children can help to build up their confidence and ensure that they are happy children who will go on to succeed in their lives. Read the rest of this entry »

In the past few years, I’ve noticed that the year seems to end on November 1. We’ve barely packed away the Halloween costumes and all of the sudden we’re singing “auld lang syne” while sporting silly party hats. The sixty days in between are gone in the blink of an eye- like some unexplained time warp that propels us forward while we scramble to just make it day to day. We’ve got pumpkin pies to bake, holiday parties to smile through, and a Christmas card list that seems to grow exponentially each passing year. Spending time with our children creeps lower and lower on our list of “things to do” until we realize we haven’t spent five minutes of uninterrupted time with them in over six weeks. What we do notice is that our children seem to have less frustration tolerance and their behaviors are a bit more difficult to deal with. In turn, our patience is limited (or gone). We are out of sync. With ourselves. With our children.
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You have one of the world’s most important jobs. You help children feel strong, able, and loveable. Your positive, caring attitude is catching. As caregivers, your job is to encourage children to think about how people are alike and different, to ask all kinds of questions, and to find answers they can understand. Your words and attitude tell children that differences are wonderful. Read the rest of this entry »

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Encouraging Creativity in Children

YOUR CHILD IS GROWING UP. From the first exuberant slap of a fat baby hand in the oatmeal, through tentative crayon marks and collages of sticky-back paper, made-up songs and more-than half-believed-in imaginary playmates, your child is growing in the ability to explore the world and to have an impact on it. The power to change a roundish lump of playdough into a flat one, the fun of taking an every-day activity and making a silly song about it, the insights that come with the “pretend” games are the motivators for the natural creativity that is so often lost before we’re out of childhood. Read the rest of this entry »