Parent Tips

Parent Tips: What's The Best Way To Start My Child Wearing Shoes?

There are so many things to be concerned about as your child progresses developmentally. Your child wearing shoes shouldn't be one of...

Parent Tips: Shoe Shopping Suggestions

Shoe shopping for a growing child is challenging. Kids’ feet can grow a 1/2 size every 2-4 months. So not only do you have to find a shoe...

Parent Tips: How Do I Let My Child Fall Safely?

No one wants to set up their child for failure or put them at risk. It can be scary and feel counterproductive to let your child fall...

Parent Tips: Playground Games Promote Fun and Gross Motor Skills

Whether or not you foster dreams of your child becoming a great athlete, the gross motor skills that come from playground games foster...

Parent Tips: Shifting Playground Surfaces Can Improve Your Child's Balance and Motor Control

A playground offers many different surfaces for a child to walk on – and the challenge of transitioning from one surface to another,...

Parent Tips: Is Your Child Ready To Climb Stairs?

As your child becomes mobile and starts to propel her way around the house by creeping, crawling or gliding, you may have set up a baby...

Parent Tips: Is Your Child Ready To Master Climbing?

Life changes when a child starts to climb. Suddenly, a new vertical world opens up, and your child, whose mobility was pretty well...

Parent Tips: Help Your Child Build Balance By Swinging

Remember how it felt to ride a swing as a child? Legs pumping, head way back, breeze blowing through your hair? For me as a child, being...