How to Deal with Preschool Temper Tantrums

As parents of preschoolers or one who spends time with them, you may be at a loss for how to deal with preschool temper tantrums. Using the following ideas may give you the tools you need to deal with temper tantrums effectively and have a better behaved child, too. Why do preschoolers have temper tantrums [...]

How To Help Your Toddler With Separation Anxiety

Separation anxiety can be hard on toddlers and parents alike. There are some steps you can take to minimize the anxiety. 1. Prepare your toddler While your toddler can not have an adult-level conversation with you, he can probably understand more than you think. Using simple, frank words, talk to him about where you’re going [...]

The Importance of Setting Limits for Preschoolers

As much as some moms and dads would like to think so, there simply aren’t any perfect parents. And, try as you might like, it’s nearly impossible to be a good parent without training and discipline. Limits are one form of discipline (or teaching) and it’s helpful to know the importance of setting limits for [...]

Learning To Share Fun Park Game

Introduce preschoolers to the concept of sharing and fair play with this fun game. In the Noodleboro Fun Park game, kids visit the Ferris wheel, Log Flume, Circus, and more to earn sharing stars for the group. An audio CD and a storybook enhance game play. This game for kids ages 4 and older uses a [...]

Preventing Nature Deficit Disorder

If your child gives you a glazed look when you suggest taking a walk in the yard or to the park to enjoy the outdoors he may have “nature deficit disorder.”  Author Richard Louv coined this phrase in his 2005 book Last Child in the Woods.  What Louv was referring to was the reality that [...]

Does Your Child Have Nature Deficit Disorder?

Is your child suffering from not spending enough time in nature? Richard Louv, author of Last Child In The Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, asserts that many modern children do. In fact, other medical and mental health experts and a growing body of researchers are also concerned about how little time our children [...]

Entertaining Kids Without Electronics

It has taken some time, but finally there is widespread awareness that electronic games are contributing to the poor health of our kids.  Studies are showing that kids in general are spending approximately 5 hours a day in front of the TV and/or game video screen. Sure some of these games can be entertaining or [...]

The Terrible Twos – What to Do

Two year olds get a bad rep. Everywhere you look and listen you read and hear about the so-called “Terrible Twos.”  To be fair, many young tots are going through a phase of disequilibrium at age 2 1/2, according to many child development experts. Add to that the fact that most parents are trying to [...]

Why Spanking Doesn’t Work

A child misbehaves by poking, kicking or similarly assaulting another child. The parent grabs him by the arm and slaps him for hitting that child. “Don’t Hit,” they may even yell. Hmm…what’s wrong with this scenario? Spanking teaches children that violence is the solution to problems. Hitting teaches that we can and should use physical coersion to get what [...]

Are Your Baby Products Dangerous?

Almost from the moments that many babies are born, their mothers lovingly wash and pamper their infants with a wide range of baby products. These products might include soaps, lotions, shampoos, and baby powders and they might be used several times a day. But have you ever taken the time to read the ingredients listing [...]

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