Depending on whether you’re the kid or the parent, birthdays parties are either something to look forward too all year, or a dreaded day of reckoning that comes around far too often. Aside from all the usual cleaning and decorating that goes into pulling off a party, with kids birthdays, you also have to strike … Continue reading Entertain Kids with Rollwiches
Making the Most Out of Kids’ Screen Time
At PBS KIDS Digital, I spend my days working on the development of high-quality digital media for young kids. Despite the focus of my day job, when I go home to my own two young kids, I also experience the stress of managing family screen time. There are so many mixed messages surrounding the topic of … Continue reading Making the Most Out of Kids’ Screen Time
Unleashing Your Child’s Inner Artist
If you’ve ever read any of Victoria Kann’s Pinkalicious books or if you’ve started watching the new PBS KIDS series PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC, you know that Pinkalicious and her little brother Peter are all about art. They are constantly using their imaginations — creating inventive crafts, summoning imaginary unicorns and dragons, and painting absolutely everything pink! (Don’t … Continue reading Unleashing Your Child’s Inner Artist
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How to Avoid Holiday Meltdowns
While most adults know how to verbalize and communicate feelings of stress, many children don’t. Instead of running to parents for help when feeling overwhelmed, for example, they tend to throw a frustration-induced tantrum…right in the middle of that family dinner. Teaching kids how to manage and cope with their feelings of frustration can reduce … Continue reading How to Avoid Holiday Meltdowns
Some Pregnant Women Use Weed For Morning Sickness But FDA Cautions Against It
Jennifer had a rough start to her pregnancy. “I had really intense food aversion and really intense nausea,” says the 28-year-old mother of a five-month-old girl. “I wasn’t eating at all.” She was losing weight instead of gaining it, she says, and couldn’t even keep down her prenatal vitamins or iron pills, which she needed … Continue reading Some Pregnant Women Use Weed For Morning Sickness But FDA Cautions Against It