Discipline & Behavior, Preteens & Teens 5 Ways for Parents to Help Navigate the Terrible Tweens and Impulsive Teens OMG, who am I? The tween and teen years are a time for seeking answers to this universal, developmentally appropriate and daunting... Continue Reading
Birth - First Year, News, Toddlers Celebrate Families and Young Children at Parents Place Family Fun Day on Sunday, May 17! **** This article was written in advance of our first annual Family Fun Day in 2014. Family Fun Day 2019 is coming up on April 28,... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Preteens & Teens Teens Do Some Serious Talking at Parents Place By all accounts Micah had a great freshman year—good grades, a nice mix of extracurricular activities and some new friends who shared... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills For Families in Crisis—and in Need—Parents Place is the Answer Amy’s family was in trouble. She and her husband, Bill, argued constantly—mostly about how to raise their son, Ben, now 9. “I felt... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips Why Can’t We Be Friends? I call 4- and 5-year-olds the “adolescents of early childhood” because, emotionally speaking, they are going through many of the same... Continue Reading
Birth - First Year, Parenting Tips The First Year Thrilling? Now You Need Some Chilling Little do we know during pregnancy that almost every waking minute immediately postpartum will be filled with baby-related tasks. All of... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Toddlers What’s Your Story? The Magic of Storytelling “Storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the... Continue Reading
Occupational Therapy, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Special Challenges 6 Sensory Room Ideas to Help Your Child Motor development for a child involves the ability to process the sensory information in their environment—touch, movement, sight,... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Tips, Toddlers Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar? Who Me? A new study out of McGill University re-evaluated an age-old question about children’s honesty over their misbehaviors.*... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills Positive Guidance and Clear Limits: An Effective Behavioral Approach There are many different ways to discipline a child. Often, we start out with the strategies we remember from our own childhood. Then,... Continue Reading
