Helping Your Child Transition to Preschool

Child anxious about starting preschool

How to Make Easier for Your Child to Transition to Preschool

Is it just us or is summer flying by?! Before you know it, stores will line their shelves with pencils, binders, paper and all kinds of school supplies. Starting a new school year always comes with a lot of jitters and excitement! If your child is starting her first year in preschool this fall, there are a lot of changes about to happen in her world. Some children adapt almost seamlessly into new social settings because they thrive around new people and environments, but for others, new circumstances can be very stressful.

If your child is slow to warm up to new people and more cautious of her surroundings, then starting preschool may be a source of anxiety that she is dreading instead of celebrating. Consider the following ideas to help her make a smoother transition into the world of preschool.

How to Minimize Back Talk

3 Simple Ways to Minimize Back Talk

As parents we dream of the days when our children will take their first steps, say their first words and become more independent. While we love to celebrate milestones with each new season of growth for your child, there are new challenges. What do you do when your child has developed a sassy or confrontational attitude towards you? All of a sudden you may find yourself longing for the days when all they did was babble and coo! As difficult as it may be to keep your temper, there are some easy steps you can take to minimize the number of conversations when you pull out the dreaded, “Because I said so!”

5 Infant Safety Tips

5 tips for infant safety

5 Tips for Infant Safety

Having a newborn child in the house should be a time of joy for new parents. These easy-to-follow tips can alleviate some of the natural worry of infancy and help you keep your child safe in the home.