Summer is approaching soon, an excellent time for your family to start planning different activities for your kids. Activities will help keep your kids busy on the summer days. We’ve gathered 10 fun summer activities for families to do together: …
Chasing Adventure and Pursuing Connection
We are built for connection. Real connection. Lasting connection. We all long for this kind of connection, especially with our kids. But we live in a time when so many things are vying for our kids’ attention and for ours: …
Do These 6 Things to Improve Your Child’s Speech
How to accelerate your child’s key developmental milestone: language Helping toddlers expand their language skills. Consider these tips for nurturing your child’s language skills, regardless of age (5 weeks or 5 years old): Listen to music together. This help kids …
We Belong: Navigating Friendship and Down Syndrome
It’s 9:00 a.m. on a snowy Saturday in February. My son, Kaleb, and I drive to a friend’s house for his first drop-off playdate. He’s beside himself with excitement. We pull in the driveway and see Kaleb’s friend, Ethan, waiting …
The Mom-Break Myth
The kids are fighting for the millionth time. The chores need done for the millionth time. The laundry sits and waits for my attention for the millionth time. Someone is hungry, someone is thirsty, someone is climbing something they shouldn’t, …
How to Play With Your Kids (and Why It Might Be Hard Work)
Playing is fun. At least that is what parents think when we see our kids amongst piles of Legos and Littlest Pet Shop pets. Play is also something adults cease doing at some obscure point in time, replaced with responsibility, …
The Strange Novelty of the New
If you like novelty, we live in a wonderful city for it; Washington, D.C. blooms with it. The patriotic stuff abounds, one-of-a-kind odes to the wonders of mankind, our favorites of which are Air and Space Museum and the U.S. …
Mommy of 3
I’m a mommy of three Stop staring at me Yes I know That I’m still wearing jammies My big kids, they fight Baby won’t sleep at night I may need to hire some nannies Day 3 of messy bun Dishes …
Calls for Submissions – June Theme: FUN
Submissions Deadline: Friday, June 8 FUN. When was the last time you truly engaged in it? Whether it be organized play in the form of an adult sports league (or even just an organized game night) or impromptu play where your …
What You Can Learn From Playing With Your Child
Who doesn’t love playing with an infant? We all love peek-a-boo, tickle, and chase games accompanied by bursts of giggles and laughter. When they are preschoolers we love finger plays, songs, and tea parties. But as children move into school …