Parenting advice to nurture our children’s empathy and compassion. Several years ago, our youngest son brought home a note from his teacher asking for parent volunteers to chaperone a class field trip. His teacher, Cindy Hollinger, was encouraging her students to give up their Saturday morning to participate in a race called “Lauren’s Run” sponsored [...]

Research shows that boosting our children’s emotional intelligence and ability to read nonverbal cues can enhance their ability to fit in, get along, bounce back and handle life. The Importance on Nonverbal Communication Did you know that most of the time our kids aren’t listening to our words nearly as much as watching our posture, [...]

Parenting advice based on solid research to help us raise caring, kind-hearted kids in a racy, raunchy world Something has changed about our children: the prevalence of abuse by their peers is increasing. Bullying is far more intense and starting at younger ages. And I have little patience for anyone stating the old “Kids will [...]

Teaching children how to communicate effectively is one of the greatest gifts you can give them. Few skills increase their confidence, social competence and self-esteem more because kids use these skills in every area of their lives. We also know that many kids have difficulty reading emotions. Duke and UCLA are just two of the [...]

The Value of Teaching Your Baby Sign Language (Hint: It isn’t about boosting IQ!) Note to reader: Last year I was asked by WE TV Channel to help with a “make-over” for two-year old sextuplets on their show RAISING SEXTUPLETS. The six little ones were all active and nonverbal. And because they couldn’t verbalize their [...]