Another attack by a child.  Yes, he was an adult by age but a meer child in respect to his time on this earth and experience under one’s belt.   This tragedy is very scary to any parent.  It makes all of us as a society wonder if anywhere is safe anymore.  The only thing […]

Why Children Need To Play I so often hear when people come to tour the school “ I do not want my child to be playing, I want them to learn.”  The thing so many people don’t understand is children learn a lot through play.   Children learn social, language, physical, emotional and cognitive skills through […]

Keeping Children Healthy in Child Care I often hear parents say “I do not want my children in child care because all they do is get sick. “ As this may have some truth in it, people and parents need to understand the roller coaster of childhood illness is going to happen inevitably, whether it […]

Why Children Should Attend Preschool I often hear parents talk about the reasons why they do not put their children into child care. The reasons often are cost and the parents want to spend time with their child as they grow up too fast. I agree they do grow up way too fast; however a […]

Promoting Healthy Social-Emotional Development in your Child What is healthy social- emotional development? Social emotional health is ability to form secure relationships, express and regulate emotions, understand feelings of self and of others as well as having academic success. So many parents and people in society always push academic success and strong cognitive development. The […]

How Summer Heat in Las Vegas Valley Affects Children Summer time heat can be very brutal and impact summer plans, especially for us that live in the Nevada desert.  The excessive heat can cause dehydration and heat exhaustion.  With these problems it can make parenting in the summer very hard.  As any parent knows kids […]

Home Alone: Things to know before you leave your child home alone Deciding to leave your child home alone is definitely an area with very gray guidelines. There are only three states that currently have laws regarding minimum age for leaving a child home alone. It is a parent’s obligation to assure their child is […]

Home Alone-Things to know before you leave your child home alone. Deciding to leave your child home alone is definitely an area with very gray guidelines.  There is only three states that currently have laws regarding minimum age for leaving a child home alone.   The dilemma may simply be running to the store to get […]

Anxiety and Children Henderson NV When I think of anxiety I think of college tests, public speaking and even when I gave birth to my second child. Anxiety seems as it should be an adult problem. Unfortunately many children have anxiety. I bring this matter to attention as a few weeks ago I hear my […]

Being An Emotionally Strong Parent To Raise Emotionally Strong Children There are no absolutes in parenting. There is no way to anticipate every emotional response your child will have during the day. Young children learn how to deal with their emotions by the people in their lives. Just like in Erikson’s stages of social emotional […]