February 2015

Our weekly Parent Topic, 13 Safety Rules for Every Family, certainly seems less appealing than discussing how to raise earth-friendly children. We are not talking about electric safety plugs or safety cords on your blinds.  Rather, we are addressing the suggested family rules such as...

By this time in the semester, we sure hope we are just “preaching to the choir” when we stress the benefits of sensory play.  Although children respond differently to sensory experiences, these experiences can be therapeutic, improve motor skills, raise awareness of how the world works,...

The majority of parents have little to no hesitancy reaching out for professional support around typical parenting challenges focused on their children such as sleep and feeding struggles, positive discipline or toilet training. Why then are we so reticent to take care of ourselves and our co-parent...

Perhaps you are picking up on a theme at The Loved Child?  We are really focused on supporting  healthy relationships- those between parents, children, and in this case, siblings.  TLC is hosting an important workshop for families expecting a second (or more!) child, and/or families already...

Similar to all the TLC topics, this week’s Parent Topic is an especially important one: Why ALL Children Benefit From Routines.  It is clearly obvious to families enrolled in TLC classes how strongly we feel that predictable routines and structure are essential for healthy development...

The Parent Topic this week also tends to be a popular area of conversation for parents in almost every class: Healthy Family Sleep.  To start this week’s conversation, let’s take a look at the newest sleep book on the market, THE HAPPY SLEEPER: The Science-Backed...