Sleep Tips for Your Toddler

When it comes to your toddler, sleep plays a role in everything: their health, growth, tantrums, learning, etc. When your child isn’t sleeping, you probably aren’t either. This lack of sleep can affect the whole family because sleep deprivation can truly mess with your mood. Follow these tips to help improve your child’s sleep, and […]

Teaching Your Toddler to Share

When your toddler is playing with other children, you will often hear “Mine!” or see small squabbles happen over toys that each child wants to play with. This is very common in children, and they just need a little guidance and support to learn how to share. Here’s how you can help: Share With Your […]

Staying Healthy in School

Staying healthy is one of the most important parts of a child’s success in school. These tips are fit for students of all ages, whether they are graduating high school or just starting kindergarten. If you are a parent, pass these tips along to your children to ensure a productive academic year. Wash Your Hands […]

Communicating with Your Toddler

During a child’s early stages of life, when they often lack the words to effectively communicate, it is important for parents to connect rather than create distance. As parents, we tend to tell our children we can’t understand them when they are whining, or we demand that they stop. Remember when you were a child, […]

Can Tantrums Actually Be Good for Children?

One of the toughest parts of parenting is dealing with tantrums. The screaming, kicking, and crying is the complete opposite of music to your ears, especially when it happens outside of the comfort of your own home. It can make a parent feel helpless, embarrassed, and overwhelmed, but keep in mind that it happens to […]

3 Values to Teach Your Child by Age 5

As a parent, you may think that your toddler will not yet understand the values you are trying to teach them at such a young age. However, this is completely false. Children learn by example, and these values can be imprinted in them just by embodying them as a parent. Read along as we discuss […]

5 Reasons Why Kids Need Routines

A normal routine helps bring children comfort and consistency. All families need some sort of routine to establish normalcy, a way to get things done and a sense of security. Children often fear the unknown, whether that be broccoli on their plate, or a move to a new home. This is why creating a routine […]

Benefits of Extracurricular Activities

Activities < Technology In recent years, it has become custom to allow our children to entertain themselves with iPads, video games, or other forms of technology. We may not realize the impact that this has on our children and their social growth. Extracurricular activities provide many positive benefits for your children, and benefit you as […]

Learning at the Beach

This summer if you have beach and lake trips planned for you and your family, incorporate some easy learning techniques to introduce your child to something new. There is an abundance of wildlife and environmental elements that can be introduced to your child to keep their brain from summer learning loss. The Wildlife When you […]

Education Day Trips to Take This Summer

The state of North Carolina is filled with educational spots to take your child to this summer. You want to keep the learning going over the summer, so incorporating field trips is a great way to exercise their brain without them even knowing. Museums Iredell Museums, Inc. Located in Statesville, this museum is an interactive […]

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