Jan 6, 2018
Your children learned the first nuances of language while they were babies in their mother's womb. That learning continues at an explosive pace through their formative years, when their brains are...
Dec 29, 2017
The most common learning disability affecting reading, spelling, and writing in children and adults is dyslexia. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that about 15% of the...
Dec 18, 2017
The first day of preschool looms and your toddler still hasn't shown any interest in the child-sized potty you brought out just for him. The fact that many of his peers have already embraced...
Dec 14, 2017
Elementary school has changed a lot since the parents of today were kindergartners, playing with blocks and drawing crude approximations of letters in crayon. With the application of national...
Dec 5, 2017
There may be several reasons why you're considering an after-school enrichment program for your child. Dual working parents might need to find a fun, safe, and productive program to keep children...
Nov 30, 2017
Even if you've heard it before, even if you know that it's coming, there's no way to brace yourself for the emotional wallop of hearing your angry child scream "I hate you!"
Those painful words...
Nov 22, 2017
Though it's comforting to believe that your child will outgrow those "terrible two" tantrums by their third birthday, the truth is more complicated. Even if you've worked hard to help your child...
Nov 17, 2017
Toddlers are pure, unfettered fun. They laugh with their whole bodies. They run even when they barely can, and they don't care a whit about how silly they can be. They climb stairs, furniture, and...
Nov 8, 2017
Harried parents often have two equal and competing wishes: That their child would either nap more so they could get stuff done, or not nap at all, so that they can run errands all the day through....
Oct 27, 2017
Shapes and colors are an important part of early childhood education. When your child strives to identify and separate blue blocks from yellow ones, she's learning more than curves, corners, and...