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Tips for Parents of Picky Eaters
Picky EatersDo you have a picky eater? As your child begins to eat solid food, they will start to
July 20, 2020 -
How to Raise Kind & Compassionate Children
As a parent, you know the excitement of imagining your child growing up to become a successful doctor, a movie star, or even the next president! While those are all fun things to imagine, what most parents really want is for their children to become caring, kind, and empathetic, regardless of profession.
September 9, 2019 -
How to Inspire Communication Confidence in Your Child
Parents start talking to their children the day they are born, and sometimes even sooner! As a parent, you are your child’s first teacher, and you have likely spent thousands of hours in conversation with your child. This is one way to help your child develop effective communication skills. As our children begin a new school year, these skills are essential to building communication confidence in your child.
September 21, 2017 -
I Can Do It by Myself: Developing Your Child’s Independence
The preschool years are a time of burgeoning independence when children develop their intellectual, verbal, and social-emotional skills. It’s a time when they tackle an increasing number of tasks independently. As children learn to be more responsible, they are practicing their large and fine motor skills at the same time. This period is also their chance to gain self-confidence and build their self-esteem.
June 6, 2017 -
Building Resilience - Helping Children Cope with Change
All people face challenges in their lives. Changes in one’s job, one’s relationships, or one’s residence are all areas where one must exercise grit and resilience to persevere and to keep going. Every day, everyone experiences tough times, whether small or large, in some way. Children do as well, even if their challenges sometimes look different from those of adults. Like adults, children will always have difficulties of varying degrees to face. However, parents and teachers can give them the skills they need to cope and even thrive in any situation. We can build their resilience.
September 14, 2017 -
Reducing Separation Anxiety
We all know that the joys of parenthood are often packaged alongside challenges. Among the challenges parents face early in their children’s lives is that of separation anxiety. Although these anxious childhood episodes often surprise parents, the good news is that they are quite common and thoroughly manageable.
January 12, 2018
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