My baby is 15 months old and still not sitting independently. The playgroup morah called to tell me that my daughter doesn’t follow simple instructions like everyone else in the group. My toddler can point, stamp his foot, and throw a tantrum when he wants something, but he won’t say a single word. You may […]
Most kids go through a “picky eater” stage at some point, usually during toddlerhood or the preschool years. For many, the phase is outgrown, while in some cases, parents look on in distress as the list of foods their child will agree to eat shrinks to a smaller and smaller number. Sometimes, it goes the […]
One week to go, and iiiittt’s… Chanukah! Gift shopping, party planning, menorah polishing… Chanukah may be a seudah-free yom tov, but no one can say that there’s no hard work involved. And you’re definitely not getting out of those late nights, either. Over-sensory-stimulating parties, vacation days, sugar highs, and fire-within-reach-anxiety make for an exhausting mix. […]
Money is the most important thing in life. Not. But when there’s not enough to go around, when each month’s expenses bring new anxieties about how the bills are going to get paid, when you have a special needs child whom you love dearly but costs you A LOT of money to care for… Then […]
Many children who struggle with attention, focusing, reading, and writing have undetected vision issues. Even with 20/20 vision, an individual can have amblyopia (lazy eye), strabismus (cross-eye), convergence insufficiency, double vision, or other issues which make it very difficult for their eyes to work properly as a team and focus. Young children can be misdiagnosed with […]
We all want to help our children thrive. The long winter weeks are stretching ahead of us, filled with day after day of blissful routine… This is the best time to work with our children on the behaviors and skills that we were too busy to do anything about over the hectic yom tov season. […]
Aaah, Yom Tov is in the air! The children are all home from school, the younger ones are playing quietly and peacefully at home, the bigger ones are helping out, delicious smells are wafting out of the kitchen as Mommy cooks, and the merry sound of banging is coming from the backyard, where Tatty is […]
With the start of the school year behind us, and the start of the [Jewish] calendar year just ahead, our environment is one of fresh beginnings. Each new year is a time to set goals for the future, goals for our children’s growth and independence. When working with our child to meet goals in independence, […]
The nature versus nurture debate can go in circles forever. Is he an anxious child? Or did the transition to his new school cause his anxiety? Does she have a temper? Or was there an adult in her life who was a bad role model? Nothing’s wrong with your child… But he still needs help. […]
In the old days, parents just had to hope for the best when they sent their kid off, knowing that they wouldn’t get any updates until the child returned home at the end of the day. No cell phones, no communication between schools and their buses, and no way to notify anyone in case of […]
