Let's take a look at Baby Developmental Toys and the benefits of them.
Infants and babies simply like to play. For the time being, that is what they need to do. Because play is such a big part in their lives, they need toys that enhance their growth and improve their language.
Children learn best through play. They don't realize that they are enhancing their motor, logic, language, and reasoning skills while they are having fun.
Years back, the only way to help younger children learn is to... Read Full Story
It's a fact of life that when kids are young, they yearn to be big... but that adults would gladly trade their responsibilities for the idyll of childhood. The sweet comedy at the heart of Big gets right to the core of this truism, and Tom Hanks captures this capricious mood perfectly as 13 year-old Josh, who wakes up one morning in the body of a 35 year-old toy company executive. Elizabeth Perkins plays a co-worker that falls in love with his youthful energy (who can forget the scene at the... Read Full Story
Dr. Wendy Walsh : It is parts visual appeal, pheromone compatibility, intellectual decision, and environmental conditions. Those factors notwithstanding, I believe love is even more about our internal attachment style. Much has been written in the mass media about "Attachment Theory" in parenting manuals. Psychologists have been quick to warn parents about the dangers of child/parent separation and its relation to major personality disorders, but less has been written in terms of adult... Read Full Story
Tammy Munson: November 5th, 2009 will be one of those days that I never will forget where I was or what I was doing. In ways, it reminded me a lot of my thoughts and fears of September 11, 2001. It brought back images of desperately searching for information, hoping it wasn't what you thought it was, and praying for those families affected. Read Full Story
A friend called last night to talk about her son. A daycare classmate's mother died unexpectedly this week, just days after a cancer diagnosis, and she knew her son would hear about it. What, she wondered, should she tell her own three and a half year old when he asked what that meant? This is an understandably difficult situation. First of all, talking to children about traumatic events is always hard. Our first inclination is to protect them. We are afraid of scaring them, and we think if... Read Full Story
Let's take a look now at Books to Read to Baby and what you need to consider.
People never really used to give reading to babies much thought. Back then, certainly when I was a baby, babies were more often than not seen as cute little tots that you cuddle every so often.
Other than that, many parents never really considered the development of the baby's mind, especially during the most crucial stages of their life. It probably seemed like a crazy idea to read baby books to a newborn child... Read Full Story
Dr. Michelle Golland : Today is the Yartzeit (Hebrew word for anniversary of a death) of our second child, Ozzie. He died October 18, 2002. Our son died while in utero at 26 weeks. I still remember that cold day because my then 20-month-old son was bundled up with blankets in the stroller watching our family cry and say goodbye to a child we had never really even properly said hello to. I believed or hoped that Asher would escape the pain of the death of his little brother, Ozzie. The tiny... Read Full Story
At the end of the top 20 list of the most popular boys' names in the US, comes a classic. The name John has been slowly declining in popularity for many years, moving from the number one spot to its least popular spot: the 2008 placing at number 20. But while many new parents try to show their independence by choosing more modern names for their newborns, many others cling to the strong classic name of John. As the name has been so popular for so many years, many parents who name their... Read Full Story
It's easy to think of high school as being all about the Varsity athletes, but after watching Drumline , starring Nick Cannon as a hot shot band All Star, we couldn't help but wonder if maybe we should have handed our kids a tuba instead of a football or a tennis racket . Drumline offers an all-access pass into the cut-throat world of collegiate marching bands and challenges any notion of "band-geek" that might linger from your catty high school days. Cannon charms as Devon, a newbie recruit... Read Full Story
