April, 2009

Childrens Self Esteem

What do you really want for your child?
Often, when parents are asked what they want for their child, they respond with “I want my child: to be happy, to have a positive self esteem, to be confident”.
We agree that children’s self worth is a desirable goal in children’s healthy growth development. What can we do?

New AAP Report Promotes Play

We thought you may be interested to learn about a recent report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (www.aap.org/stress) advocating free, unstructured play.  We learned about it from ExchangeEveryDay, and we pass it along to you.