With the cost of living on the rise, parents have become more aware of the need to raise financially savvy kids. Good money skills, however, don’t come naturally. T
General Parenting
Parent Input: What Parents are Saying
Read what parents are saying when they answered this month’s PARENT INPUT question on Washington Parent’s Facebook page. How do you teach your kids to be more
How Parents Can Improve the Youth-Sports Culture
For many kids, organized sports aren’t much fun anymore. Overbearing parents, over-the-top coaches and overzealous competition are frequent images associated with y
How to Raise Your Kid to be an Adult
Do you find yourself driving your kids’ lunches, forgotten homework or permission slips to school? Do you wake up your school-age children each morning? Do you worr
Sledding Safety Tips
There is no better way to spend a winter’s day than swooshing down a sledding hill with friends and family. While sledding may be a fun rite of winter, it does send
Social Connection – Is There Really an App for That?
Social connection – the sense of being understood and genuinely belonging within a group – has been identified as a major contributor to a healthy, fulfilling
Get Your Kids to Mind Their Manners
As you read the local paper, or watch the news, there are ample people bemoaning the loss of manners in today’s young people. But are manners really dead? More like
Help Kids Cope With Nightmares
It’s a scene that rattles new parents and frustrates seasoned ones: your child screams from his bedroom in the middle of the night, startling you awake as you scram
The Value of Cultivating a Yes Brain””
Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., is co-author with Daniel J. Siegel of the best-selling book “The Whole Brain Child” and, more recently, of “The Yes Brain Chil
Winter Resolutions That Bring the Family Closer
Winter is a quiet time for reflection. As the embers of holiday cheer fade, it allows us to see the things that need to be fixed. No, I am not referring to that cabinet d
How Screens Impact Young Children
Our screens are ever present, and as we click, sweep and scroll through our lives, our kids are becoming tech-savvy earlier and earlier. With so many games and apps avail
How to Handle Cyberbullying
Question: Recently, my daughter in middle school has been getting bullied online. The people who are bullying her are classmates. They say she only gets good grades becau
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