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Hearing Loss In Children: What You Need To Know

December 30 2007 | Child Development and Child Health | No Comments »

The Day Care Dilemma - How Do I Choose?

By Karen Fusco
Years ago, simply asking a friend or neighborhood teen to babysit for you was as easy as picking up the phone. Or you might have found an advertisement in the local newspaper. But with day care centers and providers springing up like daisies, the choices today are far and wide.
Don’t worry! Finding the […]

December 29 2007 | Baby sitter and Child Care and Child Development and Preschool Age | No Comments »

Is Your Child Capable of Composing Music?

“We’ve all heard of them. Child prodigies who begin composing music at some ridiculously young age. For instance, history reports that Mozart was writing minuets by the time he was five years old. Amazing. At five years of age, I’m not sure that I knew the difference between my finger and my thumb and I […]

December 20 2007 | Child Development and Child Education and Child Music Education | No Comments »

Get Your Child Life skills (thru sports), for a Lifetime

“Many parents struggle with solutions to put their child on the fast track to success, and one such solution is not usually far from home. It is your local martial arts school.
How will martial arts change your child’s life? The difference could be, as simple as, keeping your child away from peer pressure that […]

December 18 2007 | Child Development and Child Education and Child Health and Child Sports | No Comments »

The Importance of Reading to Your Child at An Early Age

“Reading books to children from an early age is an important part of parenting. Not only will it help in the bonding process, it will help your child develop his or her speech and language abilities. Children learn by looking at the pictures and then hearing how the word is pronounced. […]

December 06 2007 | Child Development and Child Education | No Comments »

Dollhouse Miniatures: More Than Just Child’s Play

Miniaturized models of real life objects are often used as children’s playthings. However, many adults also find great enjoyment in collecting miniatures. Crafting and buying accessories for doll house miniatures is a popular hobby that is enjoyed by thousands of adults. Not only is the hobby an enjoyable way to pass the […]

December 03 2007 | Child Development and Child Education and Child Play | No Comments »

Child Autism, a Plea to Play

“I have used elements of many different approaches over the years, but the one that I’ve found makes the biggest difference with young children with autism is simply that of playing.
Parents are biologically adapted to respond to their developing infants’ needs, we almost cannot help but engage in baby-talk when confronted with a small child. […]

November 28 2007 | Child Development and Special Needs | No Comments »

Tips to Help Get Your Baby to Sleep

A lot of new parents find that their new baby has trouble sleeping through the nights. Below are a few tips you can try when your little one won’t go to sleep.
Mixing breast and bottled milk
Some experts believe that mixing breast milk feeding with bottled milk feeding can lead to baby sleep problems. When a […]

November 21 2007 | Baby and Child Development | No Comments »

Holistic Pediatric Massage Therapy

Dr. Tiffany Field at the Touch Research Institute, University of Miami, Department of Medicine pioneered research in massage therapy for infants, children and adolescents. She discovered that neonates receiving regular massage gained 47% more weight than those receiving no massage. (Both groups were fed the same amount of formula.) Also, the ones receiving massage were […]

November 18 2007 | Baby and Child Development and Child Health and Teens and Toddlers | 1 Comment »

The Importance of Giving Your Child Praise

“When we give praise to our children, it is a way of telling them that we like what they did. This message can be in the form of a word, a phrase, a gesture or a facial expression.
The message creates a sense of well-being and gives the child a feeling of pride, joy and […]

November 15 2007 | Child Development | No Comments »