How to Practice Mindfulness With Children in Minutes
Our latest 'Growing Up' column
Development
How to Transform Tantrums
Helping children handle the strongest of feelings
How to Put Logical Consequences into Action for Your Kids
The latest 'Growing Up' column
A Look at Social Media and Middle School
The slippery slope between the real world and a distorted view of reality
Advice on Setting a Summer Schedule for Your Kids
Less structure opens opportunities to grow independent living skills
Event Explores Causes and Cures for Digital Addiction for Kids
Hear from national experts on the mental effects of digital media on kids and how parents and care givers can help.
Getting Boys to Open Up
A dad's insight into getting boys to share what's on their minds.
Advice: Disconnect the Digital Babysitter
Trade the device for face-to-face time, touch and movement
The ABCs of Active Reading
Settle a squirmy bookworm with active reading
Bringing Home Baby: Let a Postpartum Care Specialist Help
Plus: Caregiver interview questions
Surviving Baby’s First Year: A Guide
Navigating the early choices with confidence
Tuned In: Music Therapy and Mental Health
Two music therapists explore the connection between music therapy and mental health.
Guiding Good Decisions at Every Stage
Age-by-age guidance teaching kids to make smart choices for themselves.
Untangling the Entitlement Trap
How to raise grateful, gracious kids
How Screens Ignite ‘Love’ Receptors
Our latest 'Families Managing Media' column
Growing a Giving Spirit in Children
The latest 'Daddy Derek' column
4 Books to Teach Your Kid Kindness
With the launch of #TheKindnessProject, here are four wonderful books to kickstart a conversation about kindness with your kiddos.
Helping Kids, Dogs Live Peacefully, From Birth to Teen Years
Helping kids and canines safely cohabitate
Is my Child too Young for a Haunted House?
How to know when its OK to graduate from scare-free fun to haunted happenings.
Welcoming Refugee Families to Charlotte
How family-to-family support makes a difference
How to Put Scary Dreams to Bed
Two local experts help unpack nightmare facts and explain how to make nights less frightening for kids
Helping Kids Develop Positive Self-Worth
Research links healthy self-esteem to better overall physical and emotional health, improved problem-solving, better relationships and lower levels of stress.
Back to School Manners and Social Skills
Four easy tips for boosting your child's self-confidence and reducing their social anxiety to help them make and keep friends and feel more confident in different social situations.
Tips to Reduce Children's Social Anxiety
Tips to increase children's self-confidence in social situations and reduce their anxiety of doing or saying the "wrong" thing.
