Music is Fun
No matter if you’re playing music with a group or singing in the shower, music is an important outlet. Did you know music can also promote a child’s social, emotional, and cognitive development? Find out more!
Resources
5 Reasons Why Music is Important for Early Childhood Development (Port Discovery)
Why Making Music Matters (Carnegie Hall)
Water Safety
Summer’s here and the time is right…for swimming! That also means it’s time to stay vigilant when your child is in or near the water. Learn more.
Resources
Water Safety for Children (Zero to Three)
Do Your Part, Be Water Smart (The American Red Cross)
Hunger and Abuse
We must consider not just the bottom line but long-term impacts that benefits, or cutting benefits, can have on a child and on the generations that follow.
Resources
Food assistance program may help prevent child maltreatment (Ohio State University)
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (Maryland Department of Human Services)
How Head Start Can Help You Access Food Assistance (Head Start)
What Hunger Looks Like in Maryland (Feeding America)
Know the Odds Baby
Taking a four-month old to racetrack? No way. Taking a six-month old? That might just be a sure thing!
Resources
Study Shows Six-Month Old Babies Have a Sense of Probability (SciTech Daily)
Peek A Boo (Parent Trust for Washington Children)
Safe Sleep 2022
The American Academy of Pediatrics has changed their safe sleep recommendations for the first time since 2016. Roughly 3,500 infants die from sleep-related infant deaths annually in the United States but many of these are preventable.
Resources
American Academy of Pediatrics Updates Safe Sleep Recommendations: Back is Best (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Proud Children and Families
June is Pride Month and children of same sex parents have even more reasons to be proud: they’re doing great. But only when we create systems that support all families, do we all have a reason to be proud.
Resources
The GoGos and Traveling with Toddlers
The GoGo’s summed up what so many of us are thinking right now: “Vacation’s all I ever wanted.” Well, if you’re traveling with a toddler on your vacation, we have some tips for you.
Resources
Traveling With Toddlers: 16 Tips to Make Your Vacation Go Smoothly (U.S. News & World Report)
16 Tips for Flying with Toddlers and Young Kids (Parents)
What to Pack When Traveling With Baby (What to Expect)
Anxiety in Young Children
Signs of an anxiety disorder can begin to appear in early childhood, long before a child even enters kindergarten. The good news is that these are some of the most common mental disorders in children and when diagnosed early, have a far better chance of being managed throughout school and throughout life.
Resources
What the first Canada-wide study of early childhood anxiety tells us about kindergartners (CTV News)
What to Do (and Not Do) When Children Are Anxious (Child Mind Institute)
Anxiety in children (Harvard Health Publishing)
Their Better Angels
Will this be the time National lawmakers finally come together with creativity and desire for change in response to gun violence and its aftermath?
Resources
Gun Violence Prevention (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Mom Skills
Moms have a special set of skills, and they might just be what’s needed during the Great Resignation.