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The Kindness Gene: Unraveling the Magic Thread in Our DNA
So, World Kindness Day is rolling around again on November 13th – you know, that day when we're nudged by the calendar to be extra nice....


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Let's Unpack That: A Family's Guide to Navigating Daily Adventures and Mishaps
Unpacking isn’t just about luggage after a trip or groceries from the store. It’s a brilliant metaphor for exploring thoughts and experience


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Self-Care: Junior Edition – Raising Kids Who Love Themselves
Instilling self-care from a tender age lays a robust foundation for mental health, emotional resilience, and a positive self-image.


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The Magic of Social Emotional Development in Your Child's Life
Today, we're diving into the warm, sometimes wiggly, world of social emotional development. Sounds technical? It's just a fancy term for...


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Do You Bully Your Child?
Bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable. When we think of a bully we think of...


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The Art of Praise: Filling Your Child's Confidence Cup with Authentic Reinforcement
Praising your child is paramount to their developing self-esteem and confidence. Positive reinforcement is an important early childhood...


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Beyond Physical Health: Unmasking the Invisible Realm of Your Child's Mental Well-being
Parents typically consult a pediatrician to learn about their child’s Physical Health Height Weight Eyesight Developmental Milestones...


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Grief During the Holidays: Honoring Memories and Facilitating Healing
Grief. Holidays. Two seemingly contradictory words. We think of holidays as colorful, happy, celebratory occasions with food and rich...


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Nurturing Children's Mental Health: Resilience, Relationships, and Response
When we talk about mental health, we often don’t think about how it’s applicable to young children. We get the impression that children...


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Nurturing Authenticity: Embracing Your Child's Journey of Self-Discovery
Young children are eternally discovering who they are. When you watch the silly and nonsensical things they do, they are hard at work!...


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Navigating Transitions: Helping Children Cope with Change
Your child is playing in his room and you announce that it’s dinnertime and he immediately lays on the ground and has a meltdown. You’re...


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Zipper Day: Unleashing Independence, One Zip at a Time
In celebration of Zipper Day on April 10 (oh yeah, that's a Day), we are discussing zippers, coats, shoes - but really all the things...


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Empowering Girls in a Man's World: Building Protective Factors for Resilience
Ideally, raising boys and girls would look the same. But realistically, it doesn't. Because of look around. It’s a man’s world out there....


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Nurturing Resilience: Why Allowing Children to Experience Pain Leads to Growth
Adults widely think of children as helpless. They are so small, soft, and innocent. Only we can protect them. We buy the best stroller,...


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From "Mine" to Gratitude: Teaching Little Ones the Art of Appreciation
What does gratitude mean to children? Well, nothing! Yeah, really - it means nothing to children under 7 years old. That’s the phase that...


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Creating a Cozy Corner: The Secret Ingredient for Your Child's Magical Space of Self-Discovery
All the best daycares have what they call a cozy corner. This is an important part of a good early childhood setting because it gives the...


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New Normal: Keeping Kids at Ease During Social Distancing, One Toy Town at a Time
Suddenly, your child spends all day with you. It used to just be on the weekends (how fun!) but now, it’s every day (how fun?). Your...


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From Superhero to Helper: How Chores Empower and Transform Our Little Ones
Sometimes our lives are so busy that we think it’s simpler to just do everything ourselves. Cook dinner, serve dinner, clean up, wash the...
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