One foundation to keep in mind for all toddler situations is that toddlers do well with a rhythm to their day (try this back post on Finding Rhythm With Littles, and meaningful work (the post I linked here is probably one of THE top guest posts on The Parenting Passageway for ten years!
Helicopter parents "typically take too much responsibility for their children's experiences and, specifically, their successes or failures," saysCarolyn Daitch, PhD, director of the Center for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders near Detroit and author ofAnxiety Disorders: The Go-To Guide for Clients...
When it comes to homeschooling children, there is currently no lack of solid options today. Thanks to online programs like Time4Learning, K12 and Calvert Education, etc. guessing and scrambling for the curriculum is not necessary. “I get a lot of resources from Facebook groups where the kid...
happily racing around the house for a half an hour or more, trying out new hiding spaces or searching for me. Remember: even though playing may not be as intense as an aerobic work
Raveena reported to me that toddlers cannot learn to calm themselves. When she described what she has done, I could see the problem. Raveena “told” her girls rather than “taught” them. Since Ayna knew how to take deep breaths from gymnastics it was easy for her to understand. Nita ha...
Reading some of the details of these three age categories, you begin to see that the same parenting strategies would not work very well for each of the groups of ages discussed above. On top of that, individual children -- even within the same family -- vary on which parenting approach ...
groups, so if you would be willing to adopt multiple children of varying ages, this might be something to consider. You would still go through the training to become foster parents and then you would foster the child(ren) for six months before the adoption could be finalized. This six ...
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and don masks for a ballroom dance. We visited for the current special exhibit on baseball, a must-see attraction for both boys and girls. In addition to focusing on Jewish players, the exhibit addresses other “outsider” groups, such as women and African-Americans. A family guide at the...
Thank you so much for joining me, Leslie. How are you doing?Leslie Priscilla Arreola-Hillenbrand: I’m doing so good. I’m in my cozy little office. My three kids are not anywhere near here. And although I love them around, I also love just having this time ...