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Reading With Your Baby

Reading With Your Baby

Author PAL
While it is true that most of parenting involves real work, some of parenting is pure pleasure! Right from birth cuddling up with your baby and a book not only feels good, but strengthens the bond between the two of you. Holding your baby, coaxing responses from him, talking and singing, and showing pictures in [...]
Nurturing Your Child’s Emotional Development: Preschool through Adolescence

Nurturing Your Child’s Emotional Development: Preschool through Adolescence

Author PAL
As parents we learn about the benefits of regular doctor visits, immunizations, physical activity and proper nutrition.We understand the need for stimulating toys and activities to promote brain development. However, we may overlook the importance of nurturing our children’s emotional development. Every child is unique. Some children are cheerful and adaptable while others are moody [...]
Making and Keeping Friends

Making and Keeping Friends

Author PAL
Knowing how to make and keep friends is a very important skill for children to learn! Why? Children who learn how to develop close friendships: Tend to engage in fewer risky behaviors as teens and have fewer mental health problems as adults than those who have no close childhood friends. Have a higher self-esteem. Adjust [...]
Toddler Language Development

Toddler Language Development

Author PAL
Most children say their first words between 12 and 18 months of age. These are usually repetitive sounds such as “Da Da, Ma Ma,” and “Bye Bye.” Your toddler can understand a multitude of words before he can actually speak them. You will observe this ability when he brings you something you ask for or [...]
It’s All About Me! Your Toddler’s Independence

It’s All About Me! Your Toddler’s Independence

Author PAL
Toddlerhood is a time of mastering new skills and developing independence. But, along with these skills and new- found independence comes frustration and temper tantrums. Understanding typical toddler behavior may relieve stress and help parents boost their toddler toward independence. Understanding Typical Toddler Behaviors: Crying when a parent leaves the room. Separation anxiety is a [...]
The Importance of Routines

The Importance of Routines

Author PAL
Oftentimes adults view the term ‘routine’ in a negative fashion because we associate it with boredom and repetition. But children thrive on routines. The predictability they find within structured routines makes them feel secure, comfortable and in control. Routines, to a great degree, develop out of your own family’s daily habits. They can be the [...]
Identity Development

Identity Development

Author PAL
During early adolescence, (around age 12), children begin to explore the questions, “Who am I?” “What do I believe?” and “Where in this world do I fit in?” It is the task of adolescents to figure out who they are. This helps in forming a basic identity they will build on throughout their lives, and [...]
Homework Hassles

Homework Hassles

Author PAL
Parents want their children to be successful in school, but often the issue of homework gets in the way of that success. With a little creativity, parents can make the homework struggle easier. Ways that parents can help their children focus on homework: Help your child select an appropriate, comfortable place to do homework. Keep [...]
High-Need Infants

High-Need Infants

Author PAL
In some ways, all infants are high-need infants. Most babies have high needs in at least one area of their life. Some have more high need areas than others. In addition, all babies are born with their own unique temperament. Some infants are easy to soothe and generally happy, others are slow-to-warm up while others [...]
Encouraging Children to Help at Home

Encouraging Children to Help at Home

Author PAL
Very early in life children learn their actions, (e.g. crying, smiling), have an impact on the world and those around them. They also possess an inborn desire to assist others and affect their world. As toddlers, they imitate the actions of adults. They want to help and try very hard to do things for themselves. [...]
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