by Alicia | Food
Providing sweets regularly within the context of meals and snacks can help kids build trust with their bodies and learn to self-regulate. It also helps break feelings of deprivation around these foods, which can cause them to eat past the point of satisfaction and...
by Alicia | Wellness
Reading aloud to children promotes a feeling of intimacy and well-being. Even very young babies benefit from the soothing, reassuring connection created by having a loving adult read to them. Kids discover how their bodies work in concert and what they need to stay...
by Alicia | Experiences
Children pass certain milestones as they grow older. They improve at using words, imitating adult actions, and counting objects. They can also categorize items based on size, shape, and color. This is called cognitive schemas. They can also hold numbers in their heads...
by Alicia | Wellness
When you are a stay-at-home parent, you will quickly see that there are so many labels attached to what you do (or what you don’t do). The label of the stay-at-home parent is not always seen as positively as it should be. So, to eliminate the stigma, you need to...