Back to School Series: Setting Up for Success
A new school year is a landscape of opportunity. Much like a New Year’s resolution, parents and children alike make promises for the new school year, such as zero late …
Back To School Series: The Activity Balance
As kids and parents continue to prepare for back to school, the school schedule is not the only thing in mind as the family calendar starts to fill up. Increasingly, …
Back To School Series: How To Ease The Transition
It is hard to believe that though it feels like it just started, summer is starting to come to an end. Schools are planning orientations, creating class schedules, and assigning …
Summertime Solutions
As school years come to a close, and temperatures start to rise, summer makes her grand entrance. Simultaneous feelings of freedom and adventure mingle with the fear that you may …
School’s Contribution to Social-Emotional Learning
In the early childhood period, much is made of a child’s developmental milestones, and comparing these gains with similar aged children. “Has your child rolled from back to front yet? …
Teens Are Tired: Tips on How to Help Your Teen Sleep Better
According to The American Academy of Pediatrics, teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 should sleep 8 to 10 hours per every 24 hour period for best health. Unfortunately, …
Autism: It’s Not Just for Boys
According to the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, about 1 in 59 children are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, also known as (ASD). These kids are “on the spectrum,” …
Teach Your Children Well: The Importance of the Parent-Child Relationship
Crosby, Stills, and Nash sang, “Teach your children well…just look at them and sigh, and know they love you.” Wiser words have never been spoken. In the endless grind of …
The Importance of Being Bored
If you are knee deep in camp brochures, trying to figure out whether to send your kids to basketball camp, archery practice, or a ballet troupe, stop what you are …
Positive Parenting: Why Spanking Is Never The Solution
Being a parent is hard. There are days when you want to lock yourself in your room and forget about all of your responsibilities for awhile. Yet, for most of …