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You can handle this! We can help.
Diane
Be available, attentive, and joyful!
Martha
Be the person you want your child to become.
Lindsay
Support your children and help to cultivate their dreams for their future.
Katy
Always love your kids and never give up on them.
Everyone guides the children in their life with their own flavor. We have tips and tricks to help every parent, grandparent, and caregiver enrich children's lives and empower their development. Click the button below and choose your parenting style to learn more about how you can incorporate teachable moments into everyday life.
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Timely tips for engaging your child in enriching experiences.
2025 Parenting Goals
We hope you have had a great start to the new year! New year resolutions and goals are a good thing but can be very overwhelming. We want you to be successful especially when it comes to your kids....
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Blog #7- Gifts
Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell make some interesting points in their book, The Love Languages of Children about Love Language #4, Gifts. “The giving and receiving of gifts can be a powerful expression...
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Parenting from the Heart- Tool Three: Teach
The 10 Greatest Gifts I Gave My Children
Parenting from the Heart
By Steven Vannoy
Tool Three: Teach
Wow. Does Steven Vannoy ever nail this chapter. Vannoy asks readers how many times they’ve s...
Read MoreTypes of Development
Want to teach your child? Yes! Know where to begin? Not a clue!
Then let's start simply. Children's learning is separated into five areas:
Then let's start simply. Children's learning is separated into five areas:
Emotional
Remember that your child is super sensitive to the emotional environment in your family.
Social
You teach your child how to get along with people through everything you say and do.
Physical
Babies and children learn about the world, and the things around them, by moving.
Spiritual
Spiritual growth is about children growing in their understanding of how they’re
connected with the world around them.
Intellectual
Children are naturally wired to learn. These little sponges learn all the time from everything that happens around them.
Whole Child
The experiences your child has in one area impact her growth in all of the other areas.
