Education Options for Preschool-Aged Children

By the time a child reaches the preschool age of three to five, they have changed in so many ways. Many children are ready to expand their world outside of home and interact more with peers, teachers and other parents.

Physically, preschoolers are capable of many tasks. Emotionally, many can control their anger and uncomfortable emotions much better. Socially, they are curious about other children. The element of other people to play with adds fun, creativity, and learning (and sometimes needed conflict resolution) with other children.

FLAWD: How To Stop Hating On Yourself, Others, and the Things that Make You Who You Are.

When I was sixteen years old I created a YouTube channel to address the problem of bullying. WeStopHate.org is based around the idea that “People who feel good about themselves don’t put others down.” Teens from around the world made videos sharing their favorite confidence tips and tricks – all with the hope of helping others.

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Dr. G's three Rs of parenting

Deborah Gilboa, MD

Go-to expert on raising and educating respectful, responsible, resilient young people

Think of your child: it is time to choose between water and oil

Anyone who has a child, including me, at some point in life starts to think about the future that kid will inherit, especially now when the world is changing faster than ever. Hence, if you consider even the simplest facts about the world we’re living in, you’ll come to some pretty frightening conclusions: money runs the world, oil has greater value than water (even though petrol vehicles will go to the past), children in Africa drink from dirty swamps and whales die due to pollution of ocean water.

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A Teens Guide to Social Media – Snapchat

Safety experts will tell you that it’s important to be on the social media channels that your teen is using. But what if you have no clue what they’re about? New ones pop up regularly and most parents simply can’t keep up with which ones are safer than others or even how to use them. So, I decided to enlist my daughter to help parents get a better understanding of the more popular apps that teens use.

The first she covered is Snapchat.

Q: What is Snapchat?

Intuitive Parenting and the Positive use of Technology

One of the modern controversies in parenting lore is when and how to introduce technology to babies, toddlers and young children. Indeed, some experts advise withholding technology completely until two or three years of age—or even later. My own review of this controversy suggests that there are some fundamental misunderstandings about technology, when it should be introduced, and more importantly, the purpose that this technology, including tablets, computers, smart phones, and DVDs, serves in a child's development.

The Importance of Taking Time for Yourself

Parents take on many different tasks each and every day. They are constantly busy and always feeling stressed. Having the stress of tending to their children’s needs, pressure at work, and responsibilities at home leaves little time for themselves. Parents struggle to focus on self-care, which means that they don’t eat right, they don’t exercise, and they don’t get enough sleep.

Seven Ways to Celebrate Summer’s Last Days

In my home everyone is excited when it’s the First of June. June represents the beginning of summer for all four of us. I have two daughters (11 and 16) who attend school, and my wife and I are both school teachers.

June means summer vacation is just around the corner, seventy-five days free from homework, correcting (and taking) tests. There’s no studying, no alarm clocks, no sack lunches. Summer means freedom in our household, and we cling to it every single year.

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Importance of play for young kids

Madeline Levine, PhD

Psychologist & Author
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Your young child and his imagination

Julie Wright, MFT

Psychotherapist & Author

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