Halloween is creeping up... and ghosts and goblins are jumping out at us along with witches and vampires. How do you help a child who is scared of everything make it through the Halloween …
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Practice Makes Perfect
Is your child is learning to play an instrument? That’s great! Music is such an important part of brain development. It helps with math skills, timing, memory, anticipation, and so much more. For …
The Joys (not!) of Shopping With Children
7 Tips for Shopping with Children As a parent who needs to take a child on a shopping trip, you face extra challenges than someone shopping alone. I’ll admit to buying a toy from the $1 section on …
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Get Some Sleep
“Get Some Sleep” is so much easier said than done! I can’t tell you how many times people told me to “sleep while your baby is sleeping,” when my first child was born. Sounds good in theory, but in …
Please Go To Sleep!
While the ultimate goal is to teach your child to self-soothe and to fall asleep easily on his own, getting there can be accomplished in many different ways. It’s important that you find a strategy …
Loads of Laundry
Believe it or not, my girls started doing their laundry when they were only 3 ½ and 5 ½ years old. (This post was originally written in September 2015 and was updated in 2022.) Now that they …