At this time of the year, advertisements are full of joy and good cheer. Our spirits are lifted by holiday music, decorations, and lights, and the happy actors hugging, laughing, eating, and drinking together. For many of us, especially parents with young children, this time...
The Loved Child couldn't be more proud to have partnered with the Diaper Circle! The Loved Child (TLC Parenting Center) at 173 Belmont Street, Belmont (located on the Belmont, Watertown, and Cambridge town lines) is now accepting: new, unopened packs of diapers opened packs of diapers ...
Turn off your televisions, computers, radios, and please, put down those smart phones. It is time to focus on the children! Whether you are happy or distraught about the outcome of the presidential election, optimistic or anxious about the future of our country, the children...
Yet again our weekly topic may appear, at first glance, developmentally not appropriate for parents attending TLC Play & Parenting classes. You may feel that talking about supporting empathy in toddlers and preschoolers is a bit premature. TLC couldn't disagree more! From day one, our children...
This week we are shifting from children's challenging behaviors to a very common yet complex emotion for many parents: guilt. Our hope at TLC is that parents realize when reading the weekly resource and participating in our class discussion, we are far from alone when struggling...
Many of us in the TLC community already heard the news that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently changed its recommendations around screen use for families. Click HERE to read a helpful article from National Public Radio reviewing these specific changes. Media in all forms, including...
We hope that you left last week's TLC Play & Parenting class with, at the very least, the following message: as frustrating, embarrassing, and hopeless you may feel during a child's tantrum, these challenging moments are common and typical behavior for the developing young child. The take...
We are at that moment in the TLC semester when we focus our parent discussion time on children's challenging behaviors. What better place to begin- temper tantrums! We wouldn't be surprised if there are many TLC parents anxiously waiting to learn THE way to handle temper...
As we discussed last week, sleep deprivation may top the list as one of the most frustrating and difficult areas of parenting to handle. Not surprisingly, challenges around meal times are a close second! This week we will be discussing Healthy Family Eating- specifically, common...
Now that we have completed our class parent topic on the importance of recognizing and respecting individual child and parent temperament styles, we can move onto the many common (and often challenging) parenting concerns. We begin with one of the most popular parent complaints: toddler night...
