Social Development
Beyond thank you and please -- strategies for raising a grade-schooler who has good manners, knows how to make friends, and is a good citizen of the world.
Teaching Kids about Race and Cultural Diversity
Children are naturally geared toward respecting and appreciating differences. Here are some great ways parents can nurture those instincts as they teach their kids about race and cultural diversity.
Children are naturally geared toward respecting and appreciating differences. Here are some great ways parents can nurture those instincts as they teach their kids about race and cultural diversity.
10 Great Ways to Help Your Child Go Green
Your grade-schooler is ready to learn more about the environment, and what he can do to make a difference at home and in the world. Here are 10 great ways you can help him live a greener life.
Your grade-schooler is ready to learn more about the environment, and what he can do to make a difference at home and in the world. Here are 10 great ways you can help him live a greener life.
Raising a Charitable Child
Children are naturally geared toward empathy and charity -- wonderful traits we parents can nurture as we teach our grade-schoolers how to help those in need.
Children are naturally geared toward empathy and charity -- wonderful traits we parents can nurture as we teach our grade-schoolers how to help those in need.
Helping Your Child Make Friends
By kindergarten and grade-school, children are socializing more and are increasingly making friends on their own at school. But while you are no longer your child's sole social director, you can help your grade-schooler learn how to form positive and rewarding relationships. Here's how.
By kindergarten and grade-school, children are socializing more and are increasingly making friends on their own at school. But while you are no longer your child's sole social director, you can help your grade-schooler learn how to form positive and rewarding relationships. Here's how.
Manners for Younger Grade-Schoolers
As your younger grade-schooler begins school and increasingly interacts with peers and grownups on his own, knowing how to behave respectfully will become more important than ever. Here are some manners you can expect your young child to learn.
As your younger grade-schooler begins school and increasingly interacts with peers and grownups on his own, knowing how to behave respectfully will become more important than ever. Here are some manners you can expect your young child to learn.
How to Help Your Child Cope with Cliques
Whether at school or in your neighborhood, grade-school age children are likely to encounter cliques. How can you help your child deal with the negative aspects of this common childhood phenomenon, whether she's included or left out?
Whether at school or in your neighborhood, grade-school age children are likely to encounter cliques. How can you help your child deal with the negative aspects of this common childhood phenomenon, whether she's included or left out?