Benefits of Gardening with Kids
Warmer months are just around the corner. If your family is anything like mine, you are ready to spend as much time outside as possible soaking up the sun and enjoying nature. Spending time outside [Read More]
Article Category: Child Development
6 Fun Ways to Introduce Your Child to New Cultures
The Disney song, It’s a Small World, highlights how we all are connected and was created to promote the message of international peace and inclusion of diversity. The world is meant to be explored and it is [Read More]
Why Childhood Friendships are Important for Development and Ways Parents Can Help
Growing up, I was very introverted and timid. At the age of six, my parents enrolled me in ballet classes with the hopes of overcoming my shyness. It worked! I made great friends in that [Read More]
Color Quest AR – A KIDS FIRST! APP Review
Color, learn, and discover fun characters that come to life in your exciting augmented reality quest for health! Stayhealthy’s new educational app includes fruits, vegetables, and a magical look into the human body with engaging [Read More]
5 Ways to Celebrate National Children’s Book Week
Books have always meant the world to me. As a young child, my family always read to me and as I got older, we continued to love reading together as a family. It is so wonderful to [Read More]
Summer Reading Tips
Dr. Amy McCollum is a pediatrician at Midtown Pediatrics in Birmingham. She says it is important for parents to encourage strong reading habits in their child, and she says that begins at birth. “I would [Read More]
Think Divorce Doesn’t Impact a Child’s Grades? Think Again!
Most parents today are focused on their child’s grades. Sometimes to the point that they log into online accounts each week to see how their child is doing, rather than looking at quarterly report cards [Read More]
Creating Confident Kids in a Digital World
Creating confident kids in a digital world filled with filtered social media images and messages of perfection has become increasingly difficult. With a growing number of kids on social media starting as young as 7 [Read More]
Parent-Child Conversations About Dating After Divorce
As a professional counselor, Sabrina Pinckney is passionate about helping children establish boundaries and balance in their lives. In her new children’s book, Ellie Gets Even, Pinckney addresses how to talk to children about the complex [Read More]
November is Native American Heritage Month
PICTURE BOOK FRY BREAD by Kevin Noble Maillard; illustrated by Juana Martinez- Neal: Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native [Read More]