When children get nervous or bored, they may resort to nervous habits, one of the most common being biting their nails. While it may seem like an innocent habit, parents may need to investigate the root cause of this habit… read more
Tracy Wright
How to Address Bad Toddler Behavior and Time-Outs
Terrible two’s and "threenager" are often terms applied to that toddler age usually associated with the age- old toddler tantrum. Already exhausted parents find themselves frustrated with how to deal with bad behavior from their toddlers. Time-outs are often cited… read more
Why Is It So Important for Parents to Get Proper Sleep, Too?
“Get your sleep now!” Soon-to-be parents hear this phrase often before they have their first child, and they learn it immediately soon after their baby is born. We know that newborn sleep is definitely affected, but new studies have shown… read more
Why is it Important to Give Your Kiddos Healthy Snacks?
Snacks and their association with children have had an up and down reputation over the years. Many years ago, some of us may have heard our moms admonish any type of snacking with the warning “you’ll spoil your dinner!” Snacking’s… read more
How to Talk to Your Kids About Cyberbullying
Most parents of tweens and teenagers will inevitably have to navigate the wars of social media. Over the last decade there has been a significant increase in technology and social media apps in our day-to-day lives. As we have seen… read more
Bedwetting: Why Does My Child Wet The Bed?
You feel a tug on your arm in the middle of the night and what is standing beside you is a wet, uncomfortable child. Although bed-wetting is very common, it doesn’t make it any less exhausting for parents and embarrassing… read more
How to Teach Your Kiddos Healthy Habits at Home
In this time of social distancing, we are spending a lot of precious time at home with our kiddos! Now is the perfect time to start teaching them healthy habits at home that will stick with them into adulthood. As… read more
How Is Virtual Reality Technology Changing Video Games?
Virtual reality is a term we have heard thrown around for the better part of the last few decades. Whether real or imagined, the concept of entering an environment which we could not otherwise via the wonders of technology, has… read more
How Can You Avoid Catching Your Child’s Illness?
When local mother Brittany Fair’s then four-year-old daughter was sent home from VPK with a high fever, she noticed the dreaded spots on her hands and feet. Fair’s daughter had contracted Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) or Coxsackievirus/Enterovirus. Although… read more
Becoming Bilingual: Teaching Toddlers Another Language
Before Lauren and Jose Soberon even had children, they began having the important discussion of how they should teach their child Spanish. Both from Cuban backgrounds, Jose and Lauren had very different exposure to Spanish while growing up. Jose grew… read more
