Given just how important a role other early education and child care providers will play in your children’s overall nutritional health and wellbeing, we...
Currently, more than half of children under 5 in the United States regularly attend some type of out-of-home child care or preschool program. These...
When kids spend time close together, germs can spread between them. This is especially true for infants and toddlers, who often share toys that...
Parents should provide caregivers with specific instructions about feeding children—not only about what to serve but also when, where, and how. Most new teenaged...
As a grandparent, you may become the person providing part-time care for your grandchild at times, perhaps on a scheduled day or two during...
Most infants, up to 7 months of age, adjust well to good child care. Older infants may get upset when left with strangers. They...
For your family, it may be that frequent moves have made it harder for children to know grandparents and other relatives. On the other...
Not surprisingly, some single and working parents have grown to dread school vacations, legal holidays (like Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Washington’s Birthday),...
For more and more parents, making the child care decision is not a simple choice. Along with weighing your child’s needs, there are three...
Getting the day started can be a challenge. So here are some suggestions to make your separation at the child care setting a little...