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The Confidence That Will Grow With You

The Confidence That Will Grow With You

The way our children will face the world tomorrow begins with the opportunities we give them today. When you listen to their opinion, when you show interest in what they...

The Confidence That Will Grow With You

The way our children will face the world tomorrow begins with the opportunities we give them today. When you listen to their opinion, when you show interest in what they...

Parenting Educates Us Too

Parenting Educates Us Too

There’s an idea that has been with me a lot lately:raising a child is one of the greatest invitations we have to grow in emotional maturity. Not because it happens...

Parenting Educates Us Too

There’s an idea that has been with me a lot lately:raising a child is one of the greatest invitations we have to grow in emotional maturity. Not because it happens...

What they also need to grow

What they also need to grow

There is a phrase by Philip Pullman that has stayed with me for a long time:Children need art, stories, poems, and musicas much as they need love, food, fresh air,...

What they also need to grow

There is a phrase by Philip Pullman that has stayed with me for a long time:Children need art, stories, poems, and musicas much as they need love, food, fresh air,...

Are they really too old for that toy already?

Are they really too old for that toy already?

There’s an idea that shows up sooner or later in almost every home:“It doesn’t stimulate them anymore.”“That’s for little kids.”“Maybe it’s time to put it away.” And just like that,...

Are they really too old for that toy already?

There’s an idea that shows up sooner or later in almost every home:“It doesn’t stimulate them anymore.”“That’s for little kids.”“Maybe it’s time to put it away.” And just like that,...

Singing is good for YOUR brain

Singing is good for YOUR brain

There’s something we sometimes forget:singing isn’t just for children.You don’t need to do it well.You don’t need to have a good ear. Singing is good for the brain.For theirs… and...

Singing is good for YOUR brain

There’s something we sometimes forget:singing isn’t just for children.You don’t need to do it well.You don’t need to have a good ear. Singing is good for the brain.For theirs… and...

The words they hear today shape how they will think tomorrow

The words they hear today shape how they will t...

When my kids were going to nursery school, I remember hearing the same advice over and over again:speak properly to them. No “chicha”.It was meat. No “tete”.It was "chupete" (pacifier)....

The words they hear today shape how they will t...

When my kids were going to nursery school, I remember hearing the same advice over and over again:speak properly to them. No “chicha”.It was meat. No “tete”.It was "chupete" (pacifier)....