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5 Tips to Avoid Having to Give Your Kids CPR or Choking Relief
5 Tips to Avoid Having to Give Your Kids CPR or Choking Relief NEVER leave an infant unattended in the bathtub - children can drown in as little as 2” of water. This includes toilets, fountains, and buckets of water. Reduce the water heater in your home to 120...
Casting a Vision for Fatherhood
Dads, I have two questions for you. First, when you interview for a job, how many times were you asked about your five-year professional plan? Second, when you found out you were going to be a dad, how many times were you asked about your vision for fatherhood? If you...
Covid & Kids – Dr Molly
We had the chance to interview Dr Molly O'Shea M.D., an award winning Pediatrician, about Covid & Kids. Here are the highlights: - Children are less at risk of getting covid, and show fewer symptoms than adults. - Children show symptoms that can be different...
Concept of time in children
Infants and Toddlers (0-2): Time is perceived mostly through repetition of actions and routines Pre-schoolers (3-4): Progressively understand the time concepts of “before” and “after” Kindergarteners (5-6): Begin to understand that some events occur weekly, monthly...
Best Toys for Your Child’s Personality
Play is a wonderfully objective way to observe personality traits shine through, even before children can speak! When you are wanting your kids to play longer, it’s good to know their play personality strengths. They tend to play longer in their sweet spot of play,...
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How to live with your stress during this new phase of COVD19
After months of “sheltering in place” and dealing with this anxiety-inducing situation, we can finally enjoy seeing our friends again from a distance. While this feels like a nice first step toward returning to our old ways of life, it also brings many new sources of...
Learn 10 Life Skills through Free Play
It seems like kids are playing all the time, but as they get into school their unstructured play time becomes more occasional. What is free play? It’s that unstructured play that doesn’t have a specific goal, mission or rules developed by the adult monitoring things....
Screen use during the crisis
Screen use during the crisis Screens are always a contentious subject amongst parents. Should we use them or not? Are they the helpful distraction we need? A tool for learning? Ruining our children’s brains? An opportunity to connect with friends, family and school...
Create a daily work schedule for kids
Now that you have a clear routine for the day, it can still be challenging to know what to do with our children during their school learning time. You can use the Little Dragon school work organizer with your children to plan out their day and week. Decide if there...