Family Traditions – create together!

Do you remember any family traditions from your childhood? Do you include those traditions for your kids and family now?  Have you invented your own new family traditions? Old or new, family traditions are a fun way to bring everyone together to create lasting, loving memories. No one realizes how important family traditions are than Vanessa Roam. All of her life, … Read More

Build relationship skills with Julia Cook

How did I make new friends? How do I avoid bullies? What do I do if I feel left out? Kids can have difficulty learning the proper relationship skills needed to succeed in social situations with their peers. Sometimes, parents are looking for help talking about the social lessons their children need to learn. We don’t want to beat them … Read More

Learning to Walk: My Early Steps helps Parents

First our babies roll over, then they crawl, they start pulling themselves up, and then we watch as they figure out learning to walk. It’s exciting and terrifying at the same time. We want them to build their independence, but we don’t want them to hit the corner of the coffee table. So how do we keep them safe and … Read More

Weather Wits – is it silly? educational? both?

What’s the weather like today? Seems like someone is always asking that question. Sometimes we are curious; sometimes we’re fascinated; sometimes we need to make a decision! It’s no fun when you have a picnic planned but a storm rolls in at just the wrong moment … and that’s just run-of-the-mill weather. Let’s not talk about the disruption of tornadoes … Read More