Earlier this week we told you about a recent report from the Annie E Casey Foundation highlighting the importance of reading, especially in the early years of life. Though reading success if often seen as the “job” of the education system, parents should remember that they are their child’s first and most important educator. What can […]
Parenting
Early Reading is Key to Success in Later Life (Part 1)
A recent report from the Annie E Casey Foundation highlights the importance of reading, especially in the early years of life. Though we have known for a while how important early reading is, their findings show highlight the importance for a child to be reading proficiently by the end of the third grade. Children who […]
Does My Teen Hate Me?
If you are raising a tween or pre-teen that is moving into his or her teenage years you may begin to wonder- who is this child? Certainly he or she is not the child you have known for the last 10-14 years. There are so many things that seem to be changing, one of the […]
Got Teens? Focus on the Strengths
What do you do when your teen brings home a “C” on a test or report card? Do you feel pressure to make sure your child is in on the honor roll and in all the “right” classes? Often times in parenting, especially through the teenage years, it is easy for parents to get overwhelmed […]
Exercise? But he’s only a baby.
In the early years of life it may seem hard to bond or play with your baby. They are so little and fragile. While children in their first year, especially those first three months, are focused primarily on eating and growing, there is a lot of developing going on during this time. Babies are learning […]
Childhood obesity: What’s Parenting Got to Do With It?
Childhood obesity has been in the news a lot recently, as First Lady Michelle Obama takes it on as her signature issue. This is indeed a problem as we have seen a steady rise over the past years. Consider these stats from the Center for Disease Control: “Data from NHANES surveys (1976–1980 and 2003–2006) show that the […]