I am the type of person who needs to write everything down. It helps me to remember important things like appointments or events and also good ideas I have or things I need to do for my site. Even when i was growing up, I had a weekly planner for school. There wasn’t much written […]
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Books / Parenting Skills
Five Tips on How to Successfully Read to Your Child
1. GET COMFORTABLE. Stories have been told and read for me immemorial because they are pleasurable and because sharing them draws people together. This is not necessarily obvious to children. At home, it’s good to mix reading with warmth and affection. I try to express that in the way I sit. We tuck in on […]
Parenting Skills
How to Deal With Hyperactive Preschoolers
Hyperactive children, and especially younger ones, seem to be quite unstable, jumping from activity to activity with limitless energy. They also tend to have difficulty following directions and listening to instructions, which may lead to poor performance in school. Even behavioral problems are a part of the problem. Different experts and psychologists advocate different ways […]
Parenting Skills
Top Tips for Surviving the Daylight Savings Slump
TOP TIPS FOR SURVIVING THE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS SLUMP By Dr. Andy Rink, MD Pediatric sleep expert, Lully Sleep Guardian creator. Daylight Saving Time is this Sunday, and for many of us, the loss of one hour’s sleep can sometimes feel like a household crisis. Why? Because of the havoc it wreaks on your family’s schedule. Kids who have been […]
Back-to-School / Parenting Skills
Back to School Safety Tips
Back to School Safety Tips If you child will be walking to school, take time to practice walking to school with them prior to the start of school. Always walk on the sidewalk if one is available, when on a street with no sidewalk always walk facing the traffic. If you child will be traveling […]
Household / Parenting Skills
Ways to make cleaning fun for kids
In most of our homes there is no way children could assist us with cleaning due to the dangerous toxic chemicals that we use. These chemicals have the ability to trigger allergies, asthma and recent studies have shown they could have a major effect on a child’s IQ development. But in this day and age, […]
Books / Parenting Skills
Redefining Grief for Our Children
By Tiffany Papageorge, author of My Yellow Balloon One of the biggest joys of being a parent is that we get to be the ones to introduce our children to new, often monumental, experiences and by doing so we get to relive the wonder and importance of those experiences ourselves. The same is true of […]
Parenting Skills
The 4 Most Important Summer Safety Lessons for Kids
It’s finally summer! The warm weather coupled with vacation from school means loads of time spent outside for kids all across the country. More time outside means more exposure to potentially dangerous individuals, so this annual transition offers the perfect opportunity to refresh your child’s self-defense knowledge by reviewing these four very important summer safety […]
