Sign language is a natural way to help communication in the first year or so of life.
Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.15.2012
Most of us are doing the best we can, whether or not we are breastfeeding for three months or three years or carrying our little ones on our hips or pushing them in strollers.
Misha Lyuve | Posted 05.07.2012
Can I be jealous of children for a second? They are lucky to experience transformational moments in abundance. As adults we require, for the most part, a very conscious effort to reach them.
Quora | Posted 04.10.2012
This question originally appeared on Quora. By an Anonymous User of Quora We are fairly well off after a few good opportunities in Silicon Valley. ...
Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.29.2012
Just as your basic physical needs (e.g., food, water, shelter) must be met to ensure your physical survival and growth, another set of needs must also be satisfied to guarantee your psychological and emotional survival and growth.
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 05.19.2012
Should parents be doing the selling for their kids?
Steve Nelson | Posted 05.13.2012
When it comes to school, especially reading, we have designed an entire educational system around the unsupportable and harmful assumption that all children will read at the same time.
Lisa Firestone | Posted 04.15.2012
Parents are human. We mess up, we say the wrong thing, and sometimes we let our own emotions get in the way. When this happens, we can help our kids a great deal by talking to them about what happened and how we behaved.
Jenee Woodard | Posted 04.12.2012
In 1994, autism was not recognized or diagnosed "early." The attitude was "wait and see" because the diagnosis of "autism" invariably meant life-long severe disability, not the "spectrum" we recognize today.
J. Nwando Olayiwola | Posted 04.09.2012
The United States has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the industrialized world. The good news is that there are great tools out there to help. Indeed, a text-messaging service that delivers vital health information to mothers at various stages of their pregnancy and during the first year of their child's life, is one of them.
Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.08.2012
Plosheye was my brother's best friend and the two would talk by phone for hours, while my parents watched, and grinned. Once in awhile I asked for a turn, but my attempts at conversation were met with silence. He's shy, my mother would say. He doesn't like you, my brother would declare. Eventually it occurred to me that he didn't actually exist.
Janell Burley Hofmann | Posted 03.30.2012
Long before leadership courses, sensitivity training, and peer counseling, if you'll remember that you learned fairness, justice, and teamwork in our backyard.
Lori Day | Posted 03.04.2012
No parent enjoys seeing their child come home with a bruise, scratch or tooth marks. If this were happening between second graders, my reaction would be much different than when it happens between 3-year-olds.
Ellen Galinsky | Posted 02.18.2012
It is by remaining curious that children learn, whether about the natural world or about people. And that is a gift that lasts long after the holidays are over!
HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 12.10.2011
Parents have a long list of concerns about children using technology: Will they be hurt by cyber bullying? Or meet with online predators? Will their h...
Rhiana Maidenberg | Posted 02.05.2012
My four-year-old daughter is illiterate. She can only sight read her own name, has not memorized short board books, and can barely write five letters of the alphabet. I am more than fine with all of this. In fact, I am proud.
Devon Corneal | Posted 01.30.2012
I've learned the hard way that nothing, absolutely nothing, stays constant in the life of a child. Which means that everything, absolutely everything, is in constant flux for parents.
The Huffington Post | Jessica Samakow | Posted 11.28.2011
Babies don't come with a manual. No matter how much parenting advice your mom, sister, co-worker and hair stylist have to offer, there's no way to get...
Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 01.16.2012
By the time children are 5 years old, they generally see humans as special. However, they also seem ready to recognize that humans and other animals have a lot in common.
Rae Pica | Posted 01.02.2012
If handwriting is no longer to be used as a form of communication but the computer is, at what age should children be learning keyboarding skills?
Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 12.25.2011
To know Elena is to have the privilege to observe the effects of abandonment and recovery. I will tell you her story, but first I want you to know how she is beloved by her family today.
David Kleeman | Posted 12.20.2011
Tuesday, the American Academy of Pediatrics released the long-awaited update to its 1999 policy statement on media use by children younger than two. I am amazed that with 12 years to work on it, the AAP labored so mightily and brought forth such a mouse.
The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 12.06.2011
It’s true. We all turn into our mothers (or fathers) as we age, and by that logic our kids will one day grow up to be … just like us? How much inf...
Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 12.03.2011
Young children do a pretty good job of distinguishing fantastic stories from realistic ones.
Johann Koss | Posted 11.23.2011
Participation in sport and play programs has the potential to significantly contribute to child and youth development, prevent the spread of non-communicable and communicable diseases and strengthen communities.
Ruth Neubauer | Posted 05.21.2012