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Parent Matters Blog Resources to help parents raise safe and informed kids. Sign Up Here! Disclaimer: These writings should be considered a matter of personal opinion. They do not reflect professional advice. This medium does not lend itself to the level of detail...
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5 Things Parents need to Know about Tik-Tok
If I asked you to name which apps are on your child’s phone right now, could you answer correctly? Do you even know? In 2017 the total number of mobile app downloads reached 197 billion... with a ‘B’. As a parent it can seem overwhelming and even impossible to stay on...
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Turning Everyday Struggles into Playful Connections: Transitions
Play is the natural language of children. Next time you find yourself struggling with your child, turn to play for the answer. For your child, play is familiar, play is non-threatening, and most of all play is fun. Welcome back to part 2 of a 3-part series on how to...
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How To Raise Grateful Kids [Video]
Let’s face it, some days as a parent it’s hard to cultivate feelings of gratitude. A car cuts you off in traffic or another mom gives you a judgemental look for bringing your coughing kid to playgroup. Life seems to just have a lot of things that feel hard to be...
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How to Raise Healthy Parents
Being a parent is hard. Being a healthy parent is even harder. Parents give so much of their time, resources and overall energy to the process of raising a healthy child. While routines, structures, and discipline are put in place to help the child, it becomes very...
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Child Abuse in Trusted Places
The recent news of an even deeper scandal involving a major religious institution in our world is plain awful. As a parent with young children, it is troubling to consider the statistics surrounding child abuse within what is considered seemingly safe adult...
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How to Manage Tantrums
We live for Saturdays in my house. It’s the only morning that a few significant things happen: endless kiddo snuggles, cartoons, and coffee in a mug instead of a travel tumbler. Perhaps the most important, though, is: PANCAKES. My boys eat those things up in .4...
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Turn Everyday Parenting Struggles into Playful Connections: Clean-Up Time
Parenting a child with behavioral issues can be overwhelming. What one would assume to be reasonable requests, such as, “please pick-up your trains” or “please hang-up your coat,” become teeth-gritting experiences. These are real struggles for many, if not all...
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How to Transition to Summer Schedules
It’s lots of transition and change for kiddos and parents to move from school schedules to summer schedules. If you are a parent who feels nervous about summer challenges you are not alone. As a parent getting ready for summer I’ve been considering the challenges...
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The Ultimate Guide to Limit Setting with Your Kids [Video]
Tired of trying to set limits that don’t work? Well you’re not alone! Seeing your child engage in the same behaviors over and over again and not having an effective means of clearly communicating your need for them to stop can be extremely frustrating. Sometimes,...
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How To Teach Your Child Self-Care For Under $15
Responding to every need a child has is impossible, and yet it is difficult to watch a child experience any kind of difficulty. Children (and adults) have physical, emotional, spiritual,...
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How To Calm Your Child’s Strong Emotions With Mindfulness [VIDEO]
We’ve all heard the numerous benefits of what mindfulness can bring to your life, from increased presence to an inner feeling of peace, mindfulness is a hot topic on the street. In the last few years, mindfulness research has expanded the focus to also include the...
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Benefits of Early Identification for Speech and Language Delay in Children
Science shows when children with speech and language disorders and delays are identified earlier, they make faster progress and have a better chance to catch up to same-aged peers. Communication is a process that provides neurologic feedback. Children with...
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What Parents Can Do to Support Their Child’s Speech and Language Skills
Developing language is a complex process. Parents and their children have essential and intertwining roles. Research shows children are better communicators when parents: 1. Communicate with their child in the language they are most comfortable using. - Match...
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Does My Child Need Speech Therapy? | A Development Guide for Parents
A Speech & Language Development GuideHow Children Should Engage with Others Infants 0-6 months old: Typically respond to voice and sound, establish eye-contact, and use a social smile (smiles when spoken to, or when others smile at him/her). By 8-9 months:...
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