Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers Drop-in Play Groups: Vital for Young Children and Their Parents By Susan Sachs Lipman We know that play groups are important for toddlers and preschoolers. But have you considered that they serve a... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Preteens & Teens Nine Ways to Connect with Your Teen As the author of a book on slow parenting, I’m often asked by parents if it’s too late to connect or re-connect with their... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology Four Rules for Tidying Up Our Technology By Havi Wolfson Hall, LCSW, Child and Adolescent Specialist in JFCS’s Children’s Clinical Services Department After watching... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers The Joys of Toddlerhood: Tips for Making the Most of this Magical Age By Stephanie Agnew, Assistant Director of Parents Place on the Peninsula My “Grandtwins” just turned 18 months old. I am so fortunate... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation 5 Ways to Honor Our Families, Ancestors, and Communities Family and community are extremely important to young children. Celebrating our immediate, extended, and chosen families allows us to... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips, Raising Boys, Raising Girls May is the New December: How to Get to Summer With Your Sanity Intact Does your family have spring fever? You know the symptoms—lax lunches, half-hearted homework checks, award-ceremony overdose and... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips How and Why to Encourage Your Child’s Creativity Parents and schools typically spend a tremendous amount of resources on academic readiness and performance, and skills in the areas that... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips, Raising Boys, Raising Girls It’s Time to Plan for Summer Camps! 6 Lessons Learned from a Summer Camp Veteran For all of you parents who need to figure out what your children will be doing when school is out in June, here is some wisdom about... Continue Reading
Jewish, Leisure & Vacation Happy Hanukkah! It’s Time to Rededicate Your Family to the Practice of Giving and Gratitude Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights, and while only some of us here at Parents Place are Jewish, we love lighting the menorah... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips Is Our Family Ready for a Pet? Before you spontaneously head off the SPCA or Humane Society with your kids, consider taking some time to think through the decision to... Continue Reading
