by Chris Jones | May 19, 2015 | Birth - First Year, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers
Some regard parenthood as the ultimate “sacrifice” in life because it requires us to put another life before ourselves. It’s no secret that the initial sleepless nights with a new baby are difficult. And sometimes this sleep deprivation can go on for months, or...
by Chris Jones | May 5, 2015 | Discipline & Behavior, Preteens & Teens
OMG, who am I? The tween and teen years are a time for seeking answers to this universal, developmentally appropriate and daunting question. The common belief that peers are the truth-tellers and parents are the ones who don’t understand is pervasive. They see...
by Chris Jones | Apr 28, 2015 | Birth - First Year, News, Toddlers
**** This article was written in advance of our first annual Family Fun Day in 2014. Family Fun Day 2019 is coming up on April 28, register here > Parents Place is thrilled to announce its first annual Family Fun Day. If you live on the Peninsula and you have...
by Chris Jones | Apr 22, 2015 | Discipline & Behavior, Preteens & Teens
By all accounts Micah had a great freshman year—good grades, a nice mix of extracurricular activities and some new friends who shared his passions for music, soccer and anime comics. But by October of his sophomore year, Micah, now 16, had lost interest in school,...
by Chris Jones | Apr 13, 2015 | Parenting Skills
Amy’s family was in trouble. She and her husband, Bill, argued constantly—mostly about how to raise their son, Ben, now 9. “I felt that Ben was playing off of my and Bill’s differing parent styles,” Amy recounts. “Whenever I said ‘no’ to Ben,...
by Chris Jones | Mar 30, 2015 | Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips
I call 4- and 5-year-olds the “adolescents of early childhood” because, emotionally speaking, they are going through many of the same things that preteens and teenagers experience. Children of this age generally feel pretty capable and on top of their world. They have...
by Chris Jones | Mar 16, 2015 | Birth - First Year, Parenting Tips
Little do we know during pregnancy that almost every waking minute immediately postpartum will be filled with baby-related tasks. All of our best laid plans during our “time off”—organize closets, decorate the baby’s room, paint the guest room, go out to lunch...
by Chris Jones | Mar 9, 2015 | Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Toddlers
“Storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener’s imagination. An interactive process involving the teller who shares the tale, and the listeners who let their...
by Chris Jones | Mar 2, 2015 | Occupational Therapy, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Special Challenges
Motor development for a child involves the ability to process the sensory information in their environment—touch, movement, sight, sound, taste, smell, and pressure—and integrate them, along with sensory-motor and perceptual-motor skills. If a child cannot process the...
by Chris Jones | Feb 23, 2015 | Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Tips, Toddlers
A new study out of McGill University re-evaluated an age-old question about children’s honesty over their misbehaviors.* Researchers observed hundreds of children between the ages of 4 and 8. The children were individually told that there was a toy in the room...
