Original Publication: American Psychological Association Few events hit home for children and families like a school shooting. When children see such an event on television or on Web-based news flashes, it is natural for them to worry about their own school and...
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all healthy children 6 months and older are vaccinated for influenza this year as the best protection against the flu, especially with COVID-19, flu, respiratory syncytial virus and other respiratory illnesses...
Original publication: Rasmussen.edu What do Jeff Bezos and preschoolers have in common? Maybe not much at a surface level, but in 2018, the e-commerce king pledged $1 billion to fund low-income Montessori preschools. You may not have known it, but along with many of...
Original Publication: The Harvard Gazette On a recent afternoon, the Gazette sat down with Ronald Ferguson, an MIT-trained economist who has been teaching public policy for more than three decades at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), to talk about the new book he...
For many families, the holidays are about getting together with relatives and friends. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, children younger than 5 years old are not yet eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. Even though children ages 5-11 years can get vaccinated, it...
Original publication: U.S. News Planning for birthdays and holidays requires open conversation and compromise. Single parents who come together and create a blended family typically do so with their eyes wide open. Each parent has experienced emotional loss,...
Music has been around for more than 40,000 years (*possibly even more than 1 million years) and still holds such power, depth and connective energy at its core. It helps convey emotions, encourages social bonding, **helps with memory and literacy skills and boosts...
Surrogacy is an opportunity as a surrogate to give the gift of parenthood, and it hopefully allows prospective parents who could otherwise not have children to complete their family. When considering surrogacy, most people tend to have many questions regarding how the...
There are lots of people who kept journals as kids, which they used to pour all their thoughts and feelings into. You may have even had journals or diaries that had a lock and key, so you could lock them up and be sure that no one could read what you'd written....
Original publication: Harvard Health Publishing The FDA authorized the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. After conducting their own review, the CDC now recommends this vaccine for children in this age range, who can begin receiving their...
This month – the biggest gift-giving month in the world – let’s all participate in Safe Toys and Gifts Month. It’s important to keep safety in mind as we shop for all the little ones in our lives. In addition to safe gift shopping, you can post this blog on social...
November signifies the time of year that we kick off shopping and giving into high gear. The most important day of giving takes place this year on Tuesday, November 30th and is called #GivingTuesday. This is the day that Americans band together and give to charities...