Every Child Can Thrive By Five

“What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?” asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaking down the research-backed ways parents and caregivers can support children’s healthy brain development, Wright highlights the benefits of play on lifelong learning, behavior and well-being, sharing effective strategies …

Supporting Children thru COVID-19

With the ever-changing schedules, routines and every day happenings that are effecting our lives as we cope with COVID-19, you are probably trying to determine how best to help your family and support your children. Your children may be asking you questions, or seeming to struggle from the constant changes in their daily routines, the …

Common Time-Out Mistakes

Could this classic discipline technique actually make the situation worse? Learn what experts recommend, including a new and improved five-step technique for giving time-outs. By Alisa Bowman from Parents Magazine Time-out certainly sounds like a brilliant fix: A child spends a few minutes sitting alone, and emerges calm and cooperative. Parents often admit that it simply …

10 Ways to Teach Mindfulness to Kids

“We know mindfulness is good for us. Mindfulness allows us to be present in our parenting, choosing the skillful response instead of succumbing to our visceral reactions. Mindfulness is also good for our kids. There is an emerging body of research that indicates that mindfulness can help our children improve their abilities to pay attention, …