Category: Little Kids

I’ll just say this: there are several sounds on Earth that are more annoying than the whine of a small child. It doesn’t matter which […]

At Lifehacker, we’ve already recommended that you create your own version of the $ 120 Peloton-style exercise bike (and our health editor tried this setup […]

Getting a picky young eater to try different dishes can be a long battle. Parents of fastidious eaters can find many tips and tricks to […]

Parents often use books as a way to introduce their children to important topics, concepts or topics and spark them. This use of books is […]

If anyone knows the daily frustration of missing marker caps scattered across the floor – and the resulting dry markers left behind – it’s a […]

This summer. This crazy virus is going on all around. Children get bored with the usual puzzles, board games, books and toys. It’s time to […]

For some children, learning how to write numbers can be a real challenge. There is so much to learn! In all kinds of bizarre shapes! […]

Before, when it came time to buy my son a new bike, we would take him to the store and let him try a pair. […]

If your child doesn’t want to put away clothes, toys, or other items, chances are good that they simply won’t want to clean up. But […]

I cannot tell you that by going to the playground right now, you or your child are not putting yourself at least some risk of […]

Well, here we are. We’re knocking on the door in July and COVID-19 is still raging in many of our communities. Maybe you’ve already added […]

I don’t know about the others, but the novelty of wearing masks in my family has officially declined. My nine-year-old son at first thought they […]

Summer vacation is here. For many of us, it was with a mixture of relief and dread that we kicked the 2019-20 school year by […]

Last week I wrote an article for parents on how to help their young children learn to better participate in video chats with loved ones […]

So far, my son’s summer camp for June has been canceled and I expect July and August to eventually follow suit. We canceled two long […]

During the pandemic, parents learned one thing: young children are not good at video chatting. We may have already suspected this based on occasional disastrous […]

We’re all about connecting with friends and family via FaceTime, Zoom, and more right now. And for some children, especially older ones, it can be […]

Now is the time for the construction of fortresses. This is the time to sit down, curl up and leave me alone. But perhaps by […]

Grover, like the rest of us, has practiced social distancing since the start of the pandemic. Anya Kamenets and Corey Turner, hosts of the NPR […]

My son recently turned one year old and was due to undergo a 12 month wellness visit in connection with this event. Or … wait […]

Just like every adult in podcasting will find something for themselves – a real crime! humor! News! fantasy! – there are also many different podcasts […]

Many of our favorite authors, actors and organizations are stepping up right now to provide resources and emotional support during the coronavirus outage, but Sesame […]

It was hard for everyone to watch the world close around us. But parents of young children face the additional challenge of trying to explain […]

Explaining the coronavirus to our older children can be quite simple – we can answer their questions according to age, acknowledge their concerns, talk about […]

Wouldn’t it be great if Olaf could read to your kids every night? Well, it probably won’t happen, but the next best thing is already […]

I firmly believe there aren’t too many tricks to get picky eaters to, you know, eat. Parents of picky eaters need to work a little […]

Children rely on us in many ways, including almost everything when they are still babies, and still almost everything when they become “little children.” But, […]

When my 9-year-old son first mentioned that he couldn’t read the basketball score at the bottom of the screen, my heart sank a bit. Since […]

Your child is really special, fantastic little person. They are incredibly level-headed dancers or outgoing that you could never achieve in mathematics. You know your […]

It happened when I was helping my daughter to get into the toilet, and my son was standing behind me. When I turned to face […]

It was hard when I had to tell my kids that I think Chipotle is “okay”. My daughter dropped her fork. My son didn’t give […]

Everyone loves a treat from time to time. But recently I learned a shocking (for me) fact: not all children love sweets. Plus (this one […]

This time of year can be a little unpleasant. The holidays are over, the kids are back at kindergarten or school, the weather is cold […]

The American Dental Association tells us that our children should learn to brush their teeth twice a day for two minutes per session. Two minutes […]

You may never have thought about it that much: you go to the store to buy your white baby a doll, and you reach for […]

When my son was little, we played a game I liked to call “Put Mommy to Take a Napping.” It kept him busy, helped him […]

I was lucky: as a child, I had great examples of how to be a fun aunt, and even as a teenager, I knew that […]

Earlier this week, we received the first snowfall in Eastern Pennsylvania, which reminded me that we are fast approaching the first heavy snowfall of the […]

Around this time of year, young children learn to draw their own hand and turn that drawing into a picture of a turkey. But now […]

When my son was a preschooler, I was always looking for new creative pursuits that he could take up. I especially liked activities in which […]