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We have protective masks for Covid-19.

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How to talk to your kids about Coronavirus.

With news of the Coronavirus, COVID-19, everywhere, many parents are wondering what to say to their children to be reassuring. Don’t be afraid to talk about it.

Assume most children will have already heard a lot about it. When children don’t have the facts, they fill in the blanks with their own beliefs. It is important to start a conversation and to continue sharing the facts about what we do…

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How can 30 seconds improve you relationship with your child?

How can 30 seconds improve you relationship with your child?

David Schatzkamer wrote this fantastic piece after the Super Bowl. The cost of a 30-second commercial spot for Super Bowl 54 was about $5.6 million, according to AdAge 30 seconds gets your attention – now do the same with our own kids. So how can 30 seconds improve you relationship with them? Our children know when we’re engulfed in our own technological or work-driven tasks; perhaps you have…

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Get your baby swimming When your baby isn’t old enough to walk, it may seem silly to take them to the pool.

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The art of creating: Why art is important for early childhood development Art exploration is not only fun and entertaining, but also educational. Here are some tips for growing your budding artist.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) affect 34.8 million children across socio-economic lines, putting them at higher risk for health, behavioral and learning problems.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) affect 34.8 million children across socio-economic lines, putting them at higher risk for health, behavioral and learning problems.

WHAT THE SCIENCE TELLS US

Childhood adversity literally gets under our skin, changing our brains and bodies. Exposure to ACEs, including abuse, neglect, domestic violence and parental mental illness and substance abuse, not only affects brain development, it can change children’s hormonal systems, immune systems and even their DNA. This can cause behavioral problems, learning difficulties, and…

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Not every child is exposed to a rich language environment.

Not every child is exposed to a rich language environment.

Children from low-income families hear approximately 600 words every hour, whereas children from higher-income families hear approximately 2,000 words an hour. This 30 million word gap leads to dramatic differences in vocabularies of 18 month old children, which increase significantly between 18 months and 24 months. 

Children from impoverished environments may experience pronounced disparities…

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Reading in 360!

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How Reading to Children Impacts Their Lives.

How Reading to Children Impacts Their Lives.

“The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day.  I sat there with Sally. We sat there, we two. And I said, ‘How I wish we had something to do!’”

These are the immortal opening lines from Dr. Seuss’ classic book, The Cat in the Hat. Having read these lines thousands of times to my six children, at one time I had virtually the whole book memorized!…

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The hoaxers will inevitably be proven wrong. Someday, mankind will return to the moon. New lunar voyagers will see the decades-old hardware left behind by 12 brave Americans.

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Latest research reveals the more you hug your kids – the smarter they get. Are you the kind of parent that’s always hugging your kids? If the answer is yes then don’t stop doing what you’re doing.

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Late Bloomer or Seasoned Pro? Every entrepreneur at some point looked in the mirror and said, "Lots of other people have succeeded...and so will I."

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End of the lullaby as younger parents eschew the bedtime ritual, survey finds. I just read an article in the Telegraph by Camilla Turner that amazed me. She wrote, “It may once have been seen by parents as a staple of the bedtime regime - but now it seems that lullabies are falling out of favour as younger parents eschew the ritual.”  

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Five tips on how to compliment an ugly baby.

Five tips on how to compliment an ugly baby.

I wrote this after my first grandchild Ansley was born. I think, of course I am biased, that she was a truly beautiful baby. I am getting ready to see grandchild number three and can only assume he will be beautiful too. Beautiful mom and handsome dad it it a lock right?

If however you are one of those people who thinks that every baby is beautiful, bless you, I am not one of those people and…

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Texas School Triples Recess Time And Sees Immediate Positive Results In Kids I was just speaking about this very subject with a group of education professionals in Washington D.C.

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Ralph Nader on Early Childhood Education. When Ralph Nader visited Atlanta I shared our pilot programs for new moms, now named Educare, with him over a coffee.

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Lurie Children’s Hospital Offers Kids Virtual Escape from Intensive Care Unit.

Lurie Children’s Hospital Offers Kids Virtual Escape from Intensive Care Unit.

From scuba diving to snowboarding, patients in the pediatric intensive care unit leave the hospital behind with virtual reality For the first time in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), patients get a chance to scuba dive, snowboard, and go on a safari or other adventures, all from their hospital bed.

The 360 degree immersions into virtual environments were extremely well received by PICU…

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