Contact games such as Tag (as in Tag! You're It), Break-Through (where kids on one team hold hands and another on a second team tries to run through), Dodge Ball, ... Read More

Summertime often means trips to see loved ones or friends who live in a different city. These family vacations, while offering the opportunities to see new parts of the ... Read More

It's official. Summertime is here, as denoted on the calendar. June 21 has come and gone, and in Texas, where I live, people celebrated in a pool of ... Read More

The month of June is National Safety Month, and according to the National Safety Council's American Workers' Safety Survey, a majority of respondents feel prepared to deal with unintentional injuries ... Read More

The 4th of July is quickly approaching, and fireworks stands are popping up around different parts of the country; often in spite of local fireworks bans and drought conditions. ... Read More

I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I'm the type of parent who finds it easier to do chores myself than delegating tasks to my kids. I know I'm not ... Read More

One of my kid's beloved former child care providers has a sign proclaiming, "Mary Poppins doesn't live here." But, wouldn't it be really neat if she did? I ... Read More

The focus may be on dads this week with Father's Day observance, but after the holiday has come and gone, the role of dad sometimes gets sidelined when considering the ... Read More

Hyperactive kids sometimes change the dynamics in a child care setting or classroom through symptoms of inattention, aggression, and extreme emotionals swings. Those behaviors can also contribute to a ... Read More

I've just kissed my daughter goodbye for her first day at a weeklong horse camp. My youngest son is participating in a camp at a local recreation center that ... Read More

The end of the school-year routine provides many parents with mixed emotions. They're glad to have some respite from the hustle and bustle of a school year that typically ... Read More

Parents often have a hundred different reasons for why they choose a particular day care, and the majority of those reasons have nothing to do with what's best for kids. ... Read More

The irony of my youngest son asking about bad behavior of a youngster brought back a flood of parental emotions from days' past. My child, who was actually being ... Read More

Four million toddlers will begin potty training this year--that's more than 10,000 youngsters every day! June is often selected as the month parents select to tackle potty training due ... Read More