Child Care, Child Development, Education, Health and Safety, Parenting
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. CDC works to understand ACEs and prevent them. What are adverse childhood experiences? Adverse childhood...
Child Development, Education, Parenting
We all know that learning to read is important, but as parents, what can we do to facilitate this milestone? Reading to your child has many benefits, one of which is simply having time to snuggle together. Here are ten reasons to read to your child. 1.When you read to...
Child Care, Child Development, Education, Health and Safety, Parenting
Children have conflicts, and one of the important tasks of childhood is learning how to manage conflict successfully. Ideally, education in conflict resolution begins at the preschool age or even earlier. With appropriate help from parents, even pre-verbal children...
Child Development, Education
Reading aloud may be the single most important activity parents do with their child. That is because a child who is read to is more likely to enjoy reading and will want to learn to read. Once a child becomes passionate about reading, he or she will have the...
Child Development, Education, Health and Safety, Parenting
Your baby’s ability to smile, crawl or take the first step are called developmental milestones. During your baby’s first year, there are some developmental milestones that your son or daughter should exhibit. As a parent, you can play a key role in your child’s...
Child Development, Education
Prior to mastering the art of speech, your baby has great difficulty in communicating his needs to you. This can cause frustration for you both – yet there is a solution. Baby sign language is rapidly becoming popular as a means of recognizing – and...
