Author name: Christina Ragan

Caring for Your Teething Baby

Every baby starts teething at a slightly different time. Some babies are born with their first teeth, some begin teething as early as four months, and others don’t start until after their first birthday. Most babies, however, begin teething at around six months.  Sometimes, baby teeth can arrive without any noticeable pain or symptoms. Often, […]

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homework stress

Managing Homework Stress: How Parents Can Support a Child’s Academic Success and Emotional Well-Being

While a moderate amount of academic pressure can motivate children and teens to perform well in school, an excessive amount can be significantly detrimental. Whether the pressure comes from difficult classes, societal pressure, a parent, external factors, or the high standards they have set for themselves, kids under too much academic pressure often experience negative

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Baby-Proofing

Baby-Proofing Your Home

Whether you’re expecting a baby or moving your family with small children to a new home, you must baby-proof your house to create a safe environment. According to the National Safe Kids Campaign, accidental injuries are the leading cause of death in children under 14. Household dangers include risks of drowning, burns, poisoning, falls and

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Infant colic

Managing Infant Colic

Infant colic is the medical term for a condition with which healthy babies cry for prolonged amounts of time without any obvious reason. Infant colic is diagnosed when a baby cries for longer than three hours per day, more than three times a week, and for more than three weeks. Colic is only diagnosed after

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Encouraging Healthy Eating Habits

From infancy through childhood, nutrition plays an integral role in a child’s physical and cognitive development. You have probably heard the saying that nutrition is the building block of life, and that saying is accurate because every cell within the body relies on vitamins, nutrients, and calories to function properly. Balanced nutrition supports healthy growth

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Nutrition for infants

Essential Nutrition for Infants: What Parents Should Know

Nutrition is often regarded as the foundation of health, growth, and development. Proper nutrition for infants is vital to the child’s current and future wellness, health, and physical and mental development. During the first two years, infants only consume small amounts of food, so every bit needs to count. Parents must understand what constitutes proper

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Positive discipline for kids

Positive Discipline for Kids

As every parent knows, children don’t come with instruction manuals, and knowing the best ways to encourage desirable behaviors in children doesn’t come naturally to parents. Negative or punitive discipline techniques such as spanking, shaming, putting children in time-out, or withholding affection and attention have been associated with negative outcomes such as an increase in

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