How to Be More Thankful This Thanksgiving
Parents often worry these days that they are not raising grateful kids. Thanksgiving is an excellent chance to reinforce thankfulness for all we've been given and enjoy in [...]
Best Books for Parents of Toddlers
If parenting a toddler, you've likely been on the receiving end of more advice than you need for curing the "terrible twos". If you're parenting a toddler, you [...]
5 iPad Apps to Promote Toddler Learning
It's no secret that iPads provide a means to fabulous educational tools for children, and kids typically love the visual, auditory, and hands-on stimulation they provide. So why not [...]
Parenting Tips for Extroverted Kids
For introverted parents who appreciate quiet and reflection, having an extroverted child who talks a lot and craves personal interaction can be exhausting. However, by understanding certain extrovert [...]
Parenting Tips for Introverted Kids
(If you have an extroverted child, check out our parenting tips for extroverted kids!) You're headed into the family reunion, but your child refuses to leave your side. [...]
Grow Your Child’s Imagination with Reading
Children's minds are fertile grounds of imagination. They readily accept make-believe worlds and have no room in their minds for the impossible. But the restrictions of today's busy world can [...]
3 iPad Apps to Prep for Kindergarten
Kindergarten readiness can vary widely from child to child. Some kids enter kindergarten reading fluently and solving simple math problems. Other children enter with basic phonic and counting skills. These young [...]
Tips for Making School Less Intimidating
Some kids can't wait for school to start. They're wired for the social interaction and stamina a new school year brings and have no qualms about new classrooms, new teachers, [...]
Child Development: Music and Children
For your entire life, you've probably been bombarded by the positive effects of music in your life. Maybe in middle school, you conducted the classic music and plant experiment. You [...]
Child Development: Learning Languages
Hola! Ciao! Salut! Ni Hao! Shalom! How many different languages can you say "hello" in? What about other words? Can you get through a Spanish conversation or ask for directions [...]