Teaching Children Kindness

It may seem intuitive that empathy and showing kindness are prosocial-behaviors. The old saying goes, “you catch more bees with honey.” Teaching kindness and empathy helps kids learn to regulate their own emotions, encourages inclusion, connection, and belonging, it supports...

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Teaching Children to Ask for Help

Everyone, at some point, has to ask others for help and support. This can be especially challenging for adults. Whether we feel guilt, shame, or that we will be bothering others, asking for help can sometimes feel like a failure...

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Teaching Children Boundaries

It can be challenging when your child comes home and shares a situation or event that made them uncomfortable. For example, your child might have a classmate that is a hugger, but your child doesn’t like to be hugged by...

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In the Wake of Another School Shooting

So here we are again, mourning the loss of 21 innocent lives. There are 21 families grieving the loss of loved ones and a school community is now facing the ramifications of a mass shooting. It feels heavy and hopeless...

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Building Community, Connection, and Belonging

It takes a village to raise a child. How many times have we heard this old trope throughout our lives? As a caregiver for a young child, we can absolutely relate to this sentiment. We need help. We need support....

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Messy Play: Are The Benefits Worth The Cleanup?

We have all been in a situation where our kids beg us to do a messy activity like making slime, finger painting, or digging in kinetic sand and our anxiety kicks in. Where kids see exploration and fun, it can...

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How to Encourage Social Emotional Learning With Your Child

If you’re immersed in the world of social-emotional learning (SEL), it might be easy to think that everyone knows what SEL is as well. Not only that, but you might assume that everyone knows how to support that emotional growth...

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How to Help Children Cope with Frightening News

The last two years have been anything but ordinary. Globally, our lives have turned upside down. Many of us are feeling completely burnt out, and we’re struggling mentally and emotionally. It feels like the question: What could happen next? is...

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3 Ways to Foster Imagination

In a world that puts performance, productivity, and output above all else, it can be a novel choice to prioritize play. But here’s the truth: Children learn and experience the early years of their lives with the help of their...

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3 Tips for Raising Confident Children

Looking for ways to help raise confident kids? Read on to learn some tips and tricks that can help build confidence and connections with your children.

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5 Speech, Language & Social-Emotional Benefits of Reading to Your Baby

You may have heard that it’s important to read with your baby from an early age, but have you ever wondered why? Or if it’s really doing anything? Today, Katie and Carly, two moms, speech-language pathologists, and the founders of...

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What Makes Your Child Feel Loved?

Unconditional love is something we each strive to give our children. While it can sometimes be a challenge to offer up care and compassion, through our actions and words, showing the child in our lives love is always the goal....

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