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We aim to provide accurate, yet friendly and understandable, information on parenting in the early childhood years. Everything we put on this site is the product of our combined three decades of experience in working with children in our profession. We continually review the latest scientific studies, evaluate the evidence, and present it in a way that is easy to understand. We then take all of this and combine it with our own experience as parents too.
A Parent’s Guide To Telemedicine in Developmental Pediatrics
Because of the pandemic, many developmental pediatricians opted to provide online consultation or telemedicine to their patients. If you’re a parent or a caregiver who would like to know whether telemedicine will be right for your child and your family, read this...
Six Ways Parents Can Encourage Healthy Digital Habits At Home
Given this digital age, parents constantly worry about their children’s screen time use. A lot of activities these days, that are used to be done offline, can now be done conveniently online. Moreover, because of the current situation with the pandemic, there is the...
Understanding The Effects of Too Much Screen Time On Children
In this modern-day, most families have access to mobile devices and wireless internet connections. This presents new challenges and opportunities for parents who are introducing media to their kids for the very first time. For our kids, media use can be both a...
Why Modeling Self-Care Is Psychologically Beneficial For Our Kids
Since being pushed into the mainstream lexicon in late 2016, the term 'self-care' has continued to dominate social media feeds marketing ploys and our guilty conscience. Maybe you're one of the many moms that rolls her eyes at the concept, or you are part of the...
What To Do When Your Child Feels Rejected
It's one of those heartbreaking yet inevitable kinds of things you'll hear from your child: “Mommy, those kids won’t let me play with them.” Your child's rejection by his peers can be a hard enough pill to swallow; add in your own unpleasant childhood memories of...
Should You Keep Babies and Toddlers Off Social Media
Should you keep those cute baby and toddler pictures off social media? Let me blow your mind. Over 90 percent of children in the United States have an online social media presence by the age of two, according to a 2010 study conducted by AVG, an internet security...