Food Options for a Picky Eater

Food Options for a Picky Eater

Are you the parent or nanny of a child who is a picky eater? Does the child limit his/her choices to chicken nuggets, pizza and French fries? How can you, as a parent or nanny, encourage the child to taste new things and expand their food selections? It’s easy to get...
Teaching Children to Persevere

Teaching Children to Persevere

American educator Thomas H. Palmer is credited with the saying: “If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Most of us have heard the beginning, but how many know the rest of the saying? It ends with: “Don’t give up too easily; persistence pays off in the...
Helping Children Manage Change

Helping Children Manage Change

The very essence of life is based on change. From the time we’re born through adulthood we are constantly changing both physically and mentally. If change is such a constant in our lives; why do some people seem to easily accept changes and others are thrown by them?...
New Year’s Resolutions for Children

New Year’s Resolutions for Children

It’s that time of year again – the calendar is changing, and we are approaching a new year. Many of us will make resolutions to improve or change things about ourselves or update our personal or professional goals. Resolutions are commonly related to our health (eat...
A child asks, “What is Hanukkah?”

A child asks, “What is Hanukkah?”

Parents and childcare providers can answer most questions that children ask about different people. If a child in McDonald’s and asks about someone who is wearing distinctive clothing – say a nun in a habit or a Muslim woman wearing a burka and hijab – the childcare...
Development in Primary Years

Development in Primary Years

Children grow every day – physically, emotionally and mentally. It’s easy to see their physical growth and we support that by making sure they get proper sleep, nutrition and exercise. Emotionally, we watch them go through various stages and teach them social norms...
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