As we celebrate Father’s Day this weekend, many of us reflect on our relationships with our fathers and father figures. For many years, it was long assumed that the mother-child relationship was the most important one in a child’s development, but … Read the rest
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Mothers and Baby Brain Development
This Sunday is Mother’s Day, a time to celebrate mothers and mother figures in your life. In all that our mothers give us, did you know a mother’s love is actually responsible for a lot of brain development?
Studies have indicated that … Read the rest
Reading to your kids helps them develop more than literacy skills
Today is ‘Family Literacy Day’, and a study by The American Academy of Pediatrics proves that reading to your children will help nurture more than literacy skills.
Research has shown that parents who spend time reading to their children … Read the rest
A primer on trauma and children for foster parents
This week is Foster Family Week, and it’s time to recognize the amazing and difficult job that foster parents have. Children can go through a number of traumatic situations and experience a variety of experiences before they enter … Read the rest
How a Mother’s Love Changes Our Brains
This Sunday is Mother’s Day, a time to celebrate all the moms in your life. And you may or may not know it, but a mother’s love is actually responsible for a lot of brain development, studies show.
Studies … Read the rest