by Sparks | Dec 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
With all the holiday bustle of parties, shopping and the day-to-day, finding time to relax with our kids can be more rare and precious than any other time of the year. To help you celebrate the season, we\’ve compiled the following list of holiday programming....
by Sparks | Dec 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Feeling Respected, Important, Accepted, Included and Secure The holidays your family chooses to celebrate offer great ways to help your children feel included which is the fourth critical emotional need of children. They need to feel they belong, to feel a part of...
by Sparks | Nov 26, 2014 | Home Life, Parenting
How many times have you wished someone would understand how you are feeling? No matter our age, we all need to know we aren’t alone in experiencing the emotions we do. The need begins in childhood, and it can only be met if we receive and give empathy. Empathy is a...
by Sparks | Nov 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
When toddlers are learning to walk, they fall. What happens next? They naturally grab onto something close by and try again. However, as children grow older, fear and disappointment ensue and become problematic because we, as humans, often start to interpret such...
by Sparks | Nov 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
Parents, you know what we’re talking about when we say “bedtime battle.” It’s that struggle that happens when children don’t want to miss a thing and insist on staying up, not because they are not tired, but because, by nature, they are curious, energetic beings who...
