Israel, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips 5 Ways You Can Help Your Kids Feel Safe in an Unsafe World Fires, car accidents, plane crashes, earthquakes. Shootings in schools, movie theaters, and airports. War and terrorism … the list of... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips From Greed to Gratitude: The 6 Things You Can Do to Raise Kids Who Feel Empowered But Not Entitled During the holidays and throughout the year, kids seem to have an insatiable appetite for stuff—the must-have toys, the most on-trend... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers “Mine, Mine, Mine!” 7 Ways to Encourage Sharing “We have to share!” If you’ve uttered this phrase recently, you probably have a toddler. And you’ve probably been met with... Continue Reading
Choosing Schools Choosing a Preschool Every year over 500 parents attend Parents Place’s Preschool Preview Night in Golden Gate Park at the Hall of Flowers. What are... Continue Reading
Choosing Schools, News Decisions, Decisions—Choosing Elementary Schools Choosing an elementary school can feel like the most important decision of your child’s life … when they are five. There are so... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Tokens, Points, and Stickers, Oh My! Top 3 Pitfalls of Behavior Goal-Setting As the new school year approaches, many parents are dusting off their child’s sticker charts and behavior systems in hopes of... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, School Challenges Preparing for a Successful School Year Heading back to school can be an exciting time for some kids and daunting for others. Some love the anticipation and can’t wait to... Continue Reading
Birth - First Year Breastfeeding in the First Few Days Breastfeeding an infant in the first few days after birth can be a challenge. For a first time parent, there is nothing quite as... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips, Special Challenges 5 Reasons Summer is Tough on Parents (and what to do about it) As a kid, summer meant freedom and spontaneity. It conjured memories of the ice cream truck, mid-week sleepovers, kickball games lasting... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips What Happened to Summertime? 7 Tips to Make It Great Happy summer! It’s already the 4th of July and the weather is to die for in the San Francisco Bay Area! Mid 70’s — low... Continue Reading