As rainy days (eventually) turn into sunny days, we spend more time outside. Which is wonderful–but we don’t often think about sunscreen until the hot days of summer. Just a few serious sunburns can increase the risk of skin cancer later in life. Children’s Read More
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Hand-eye Coordination
Children as young as a couple months old show beginning signs of purposeful hand-eye coordination. Hand-eye coordination is the combined control of eye and hand movements—seeing something and reaching for it. It’s using visual input to guide the hand. Without hand-eye coordination we wouldn’t Read More
Children And Civility
I teach a stress management workshop to teenagers as part of my job as Child & Teen Services Manager with Parent Trust. Each year I go into the health classes at a variety of high schools and spend 90 minutes with mostly 9th graders. Every once in a while, someone will visit my class. Read More
Children And Lying
What should you do when children lie? First, recognize that when a child lies it is a sign of cognitive development! No one is born with the ability to lie. Being able to lie is a step in developing higher thinking abilities! The ability to lie develops around the age of three. Read More
Internet Safety
Parents are now facing modern fears and concerns that they’ve never dealt with before in this age of the Internet. Multiple Internet sources such as cell phones and play stations also make it even more difficult to keep track of what your child is doing online. With this new threat to children’s safety, Parent Trust Read More
Positive Childhood Experiences
There have been over 10 years of research into something called Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES). ACES are specific things that occur in childhood. As a result, they affect adult health and well-being. Definition of ACEs: growing up (prior to age 18) in a household with: ACEs are surprisingly common. They happen in “the best of Read More