Preparing Young Children for Hospitalization

An article explaining some of the fears that children experience prior to hospitalization, and steps that can be taken to help alleviate those fears.

Submitted By Angela Antonelli

How to Help Shy Children Develop Social Skills

Dealing with shy children and helping them to socialize can be difficult. While we need to accept the child´s personality and not pressure them to be what they are not, they do need social skills, so we need to help them to stretch their comfort zone.

Submitted By Laura Lond

Creative Ways to Organize Your Child's Artwork

A list of creative ways to manage the piles of artwork accumulated by children.

Submitted By Angela Antonelli

Making Fun of Writing: Using Creative Play to Help Develop Your Child's Pre-Writing Skills

How to incorporate writing into a child´s creative play activities. This article covers how to set up a "writing station" and tips on how to encourage a child to use "pretend writing" during play.

Submitted By Angela Antonelli

Children and Night Terrors - Helping Children Who Scream in their Sleep

Children who experience night terrors scream or cry out at night without actually being awake. This is actually more terrifying to the parent because they watch their child go though it yet the child doesn’t remember the incident in the morning. This article describes what night terrors in children is and gives parents useful information on what triggers may be causing the night terrors to occur.

Submitted By dsletten

Calming Your Child's Fear of the Dark

Being afraid of the dark is a common occurrence in most children’s lives but it can be a nightmare for parents. This article describes why children suddenly become afraid of the dark and gives advice on how to help them overcome their fear so you both can get a good night’s sleep.

Submitted By dsletten