Children & Development

How to Help Your Child Build Self-Esteem

By CindyH

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Self-esteem is how you feel about yourself. The term self-esteem refers to many things, self-respect, self-confidence, self-reliance, pride in yourself and independence. The most important time to focus on building a positive self-esteem is ... more »

How to Help Your Child Get Organized

By Tracy

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As a parent you have worked hard to teach your children all of the basic life skills necessary to succeed in the world. But is there a life skill you are overlooking? Are you teaching your children to be organized? Proper organizational skills ... more »

How to Help Your Child Make Friends

By breezycycle

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Having friends, at any age, adds to the pleasure of life. As parents, we feel rewarded by knowing that our children have developed a personality that makes him or her a joy to be around.It is so important for parents to help their children ... more »

How to Help Your Child Overcome Public Speaking Fears

By ah4612

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Did you know that more Americans are afraid of speaking in public than they are in dying? This is a true statistic, and the fact that adults don’t even want to speak in public may be why your child is scared too as well. Here’s how to help your ... more »

How to Help Your Child Overcome Shyness

By CindyH

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Overcoming shyness can be a big challenge for a child. It is important that you work with your child and remember to take small steps rather than forcing your child into a big "situation" with no preparation... more »

How to Help your Child Read a Newspaper

By TheFanNJ

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Teaching a child practice reading can be a difficult task, but education is everywhere. Even a newspaper can be fundamental in teaching children how to read. It will allow them to get in touch with the habit of reading and cultivate a positive ... more »

How to Help Your Child Recognize Words

By MizCareers

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Preschool children love to recognize words as they develop their reading skills. This activity will encourage them to practice reading those words and boost their self-esteem, as well... more »

How to Help Your Child Stop Sucking Their Thumb

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Thumb sucking isn't good for children for many reasons. It can actually promote emotional problems, such as low self esteem from teasing and physical problems like crooked teeth and infections underneath the thumb nail. Stopping a bad habit is ... more »

How to Help Your Child Write a Letter to Santa

By Ann Bowers

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This article tells how to help your child ages 2 through 10 write a letter to Santa... more »

How to help your children decide on a play activity.

By Michele Hordyszynski

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Do your younger children ever say, "I'm bored. I don't know what to do." Find easy and helpful ways to encourage children to find activities to keep them occupied... more »

How to Help Your Children Remember Distant Relatives

By mollyhcarter

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Raising children away from family can be difficult as a parent. For a child, building relationships with distant relatives can be tough. Help your child remember distant relatives and help build lasting relationships. Read on to learn more... more »

How to Help Your Exceptional Child Prepare for Life after School

By AimeeE

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As a former Exceptional Education teacher, I have enjoyed working with special needs students. This is mainly because, unlike in a regular classroom, exceptional students focus on both academics and vocational preparation. Job training and ... more »

How to Help Your Kids Handle Bullies

By eHow Parenting Editor

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One of the best ways you can help your kids handle a bully is by taking the steps to prepare them for it before it happens. You can start the process of helping your children build self-confidence by practicing certain behavior at home and ... more »

How to Help Your Young Child Study for Tests

By HaveAGoodDay

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Children begin to develop study habits when they start school. With good study habits, they have a better chance of learning the basics in their early school years. Here are some ways to help them:.. more »

How to Identify Signs of ADHD in Children

By Jeanne Grunert

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ADHD, or Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, affects approximately two million children, or between three and five percent of all children in the United States. More children are diagnosed with ADHD today than in prior decades. Whether this ... more »

How to Improve a Child's Motor Development

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Motor skills develop best during early childhood. Give your child plenty of opportunity to develop fine motor skills, such as manual dexterity, and gross motor skills that involve large muscle groups, such as running. Children develop these ... more »

How to Improve Children's Self Esteem

By eHow Parenting Editor

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A child is not born with self esteem. It is learned through family and community. The job of parents is to turn their children into confident individuals with a sense of self worth. Self esteem helps a child try new things even with the ... more »

How to Increase a Child's Dexterity

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Dexterity is a motor skill associated with the hands. Babies cannot control their hands but as they develop, the dexterity increases with age as well as hand-eye coordination. Depending on the age of your child, you can do certain activities with ... more »

How to Increase Your Children’s Success Rate

By raul28

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Nothing compares with the joy of watching our children succeed, watching our children win in life. You can experience more of such joy. You can help your children achieve more success. In fact, you can double their success rate. Here’s how you ... more »

How to Instill Confidence in Your Middle Schooler

By Irish802

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This is a crucial time in building confidence in your middle schooler. They, especially girls, are self-conscious about their bodies, what they wear and acne issues. A great deal of patience is needed through these years... more »

How to Involve Toddlers in Fitness

By nashvillebecky

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According to Michelle May, M.D., an advisor to the American Academy of Family Physicians' Americans in Motion fitness initiative, one in seven preschoolers is already overweight, and the number rises in the elementary- and middle-school years. ... more »

How to Keep a Six-Year Old Busy

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Your six-year old is active, inquisitive and easily bored, a difficult combination when your child has time on its hands. Play off of this natural curiosity to engage his imagination (and keep him busy) with activities that are fun and educational... more »

How to keep chilhood memories

By Katerina777

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This article is about ways of keeping the precious chilhood memories without use of photo or video camera... more »

How to Keep Toddlers Busy on a Car Trip

By Juliet Myfanwy Johnson

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Once your toddler has learned that she can go, go, go, there's nothing she'll like less then having to be strapped into the car without the freedom to move around. You can try limited your time in the car to a maximum of twenty minutes one way ... more »

How to Keep Your Child's Friends Over the Summer

By aprilbair

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Keeping in touch with friends over the summer isn't so hard with a little bit of planning and can help our kids be happier and easier to get along with! During the school year kids have guaranteed time with friends but since most kids aren't ... more »

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