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4 Ways to Help Preschoolers Learn to Get Along

These four traits create a strong foundation for teaching little ones how to get along: acceptance, forgiveness, loyalty, and teamwork. (Also, it's a process!)

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Checklist for the Best (and Safest) Snacks and Lunches on the Block

The food you send to school fuels more than just your children's stomachs, it powers their energy, focus and mood and helps shape their relationship with food.

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Teaching our Children about Gratitude during the Holidays

Simply encouraging thankfulness in your child’s life can be a great way to help them understand gratitude, but there are also more creative ways, too.

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5 Tips for Choosing the Right Childcare Curriculum for your Family

Early childhood education programs lay the foundation for continued learning, which means you should take time to explore your potential child care provider.

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How to Help your Children with the Back-to-School Transition

How do you manage the back-to-school butterflies and ensure that your child is prepared for new faces? Here are three tips to set your children up for success.

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How to Teach Toddlers about Diversity and Uniqueness

Highlighting individuality, creativity, talent and humor can make a deeply positive impact on your child. Remember that we are meant to be unique!

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Why the Great Outdoors Is the Perfect Playground for your Child

As parents, it's our privilege and responsibility to nurture a connection with nature, giving our little ones the tools they need to thrive outside and in life.

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How Teaching Goal Setting Inspires Children

Setting goals allows kids to experience growth socially and emotionally by helping them develop self-regulation skills, gain responsibility and build confidence.

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5 Pumpkin-Themed Activities for Children that Go Beyond Carving

This season, we’ve rounded up five fun-filled, pumpkin-themed activities complete with various opportunities for learning, bonding and immersive entertainment.

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Why Childcare Can Be an Important Part of a Parent’s Mental Health Toolkit

By prioritizing the mental health and wellbeing of parents, we can also improve the mental health and wellbeing of children who pick up on stress at home.

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3 Ways to Raise Children who Love to Read

What if our children say “reading is boring”—how do we reset their love of reading? Here are 3 ways to put the spark back into your children’s love for books.

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What Is the Creativity-Confidence Loop, and How It Can Help You Parent

Creativity goes far beyond arts and crafts—-it can also be a valuable tool in fostering independence during a child’s early developmental stages. Here's how.

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How to Help your Child Communicate Better at Every Stage

From the beginning, our interactions with our children are teaching them how to express their wants and needs to eventually become independent human beings.

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4 Activities that Will Teach your Child Kindness

Kindness does not always come naturally—especially to little ones who are just beginning to develop. It’s up to us parents to nudge them in the right direction.

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Teaching your Child Gratitude through Teacher Appreciation

Here's how to instill gratitude in your children and teach them how to express appreciation for their teachers. Plus, songs and stories to inspire both of you.

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How to Help your Child Navigate Big Feelings

As parents, it's not our job to make our children’s emotions go away, even if we wish for that superpower during tantrums. Here's how to help our kids with feelings.

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4 Social Qualities to Help your Kids Become Good Friends

Show the four traits of friendship - cooperation, respect, sharing and attentiveness - towards others and your children. Your kids will learn to do the same.

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Help your Preschooler Build Confidence Through Positive Self-Talk

Practice positive self-talk—teach your kids confidence and train them to be optimistic. Our children learn from the way we speak to ourselves.

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How to Instill Positive Leadership Values from a Young Age

As parents and educators, we can model and encourage certain behaviors to develop children into kind, impactful, example-setting humans. Here's where to start.

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Giving Responsibilities to Your Kids Is A Slow Build

It’s a slow build to teach our children how to be responsible. Focusing on different aspects of this trait can help develop our children into capable adults.

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Finding the Fun in Teaching Patience to Preschoolers

Building patience through flexibility, resiliency and carefulness at an early age can give your children a significant advantage in life. Here's how to start.