Parenting Resources
How Birth Order Impacts Parenting
Although controversy still surrounds this topic, birth order can give us clues to a child’s development of intelligence and personality traits and help us parent appropriately.
Helping Preschoolers Practice Friendship Building Skills
Conversational skills, emotional self-control, personal characteristics such as kindness and generosity can all be practiced at home so your children feel more comfortable and competent in social situations.
Helping Your Child Make Friends
The social skills necessary to develop friendships must be learned and reinforced in childhood to assure lifelong skills.
Preschoolers: Apologies & Forgiveness
Preschoolers as young as 4 years of age understand that offering an apology to an offended friend can help make that child feel better.
Teaching Children to Forgive
A person’s ability to forgive others directly impacts their physical and emotional well being
A Father's Presence and Emotions Affect Toddler and Preschooler Health
Fathers should be aware of their facial and emotional responses to their children. If there is marital separation or divorce, parents should agree to allow fathers to have overnights.
The Importance of Fathers
When fathers are involved with their children, the children are more likely to excel academically and they have better physical and emotional health.
Encouraging Preschoolers to Begin Building Relationships through Empathy and Friendships
Preschool age is a perfect time for parents to help their children learn social skills and develop empathy through role modeling
Teaching Respect to Infants, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Ideas to help teach your infants, toddlers and preschoolers the concept of respect
Teaching Children Respect for Themselves and Others
Research shows, when parents teach their children what it means to be respectful and to have respect for oneself and others, both parent and child reap the benefits.