Childhood Development

By Dawn Huebner

If your child is seeking excessive reassurance and constantly worrying, here's how to help them deal with this anxiety.

Download our free printable ‘get to know you’ questions and use them on car journeys, to start conversations or even at the dinner table!

By L. Elizabeth Forry

Social and emotional learning is a key part of our children's development. Here are 15 activities preschool-aged kids can do at home to help develop their social and emotional learning skills.

By Jennifer Caffelle

Here are 30 simple and achievable mindfulness activities for kids focusing on sight, smell, touch, taste, and sound.

Preparing kids to be high achievers who lead happy, fulfilled lives is much easier said than done. Showing them how to persevere in the face of adversity is one of the best ways to help your children thrive. No one likes their kids to feel discouraged, but being challenged and experiencing failure are important to allow them to grow. Use these three science-backed exercises such as an emotional grid, a goal setting worksheet, and a conversational cube to teach skills like identifying emotions, working through challenges and practicing positive self-talk. These printables are perfect for learning life's teachable moments (even during unknown times) and make for a great non-screen activity!

Preparing kids to be high achievers who lead happy, fulfilled lives is much easier said than done. Showing them how to persevere in the face of adversity is one of the best ways to help your children thrive. No one likes their kids to feel discouraged, but being challenged and experiencing failure are important to allow them to grow. Use these three science-backed exercises such as an emotional grid, a goal setting worksheet, and a conversational cube to teach skills like identifying emotions, working through challenges and practicing positive self-talk. These printables are perfect for learning life's teachable moments (even during unknown times) and make for a great non-screen activity!

By Robin Enan

If you're looking for positive parenting tools that will help build your child's self confidence and motivate and encourage your children, consider this list of words of encouragement for kids of all ages.

Use these feelings flashcards along with this feelings list to help your children identify and express their feelings and emotions.

With social and emotional needs on the rise and the methods of incorporation low or inconsistent, how can families provide the skills needed to foster emotional learning at home? Here are some tips for adults and caregivers.

By Charise Rohm Nulsen

Should cell phones be allowed in school? A Pew Research Center study found that 65 percent of cell-owning teens bring their phones to school despite any bans that may be in place. Most schools now allow students to have cell phones but require them to be turned off during class because they can be disruptive and distracting. Read on for the pros and cons of allowing cell phones in school to help make the right decision for your child.

Here are five losses that make this COVID-19 pandemic so devastating to our families, followed by some suggestions for embracing the grief we find ourselves and our children experiencing, without feeling overwhelmed.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

Life Coach Tami Green weighs in on the number one skill parents should teach their kids: problem solving. She offers five tips and tricks parents can do everyday to help their children become better problem solvers for life.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

As parents, we hope our children will grow up to be well adjusted emotionally, but most of us haven't known how to address it directly. Emotional learning expert Dan Newby weighs in with his top tips for healthy emotional development.

By Jacqueline Weiss

You may know your love language, or even the love language of your partner, but do you know which love language your child speaks? Here’s how to easily determine it.

FE expert and writer Brittany McCabe has launched Alpha Kids, the first-ever nail polish for girls and BOYS. She discusses why she lets her own son paint his nails and how it welcomes creativity and artistic expression.

By Jennifer Caffelle

Help children develop their social skills with our quirky list of age-appropriate "get to know you" questions for kids Get the conversation started! Download our free printable version and use it on long car journeys, while traveling to after-school activities, or at the dinner table!

You've made the decision to give your kids your old cell phone. Make it even more impressive by letting them create their own phone case to go with their inherited phone. Plus, learn more about how to bring your old device to your carrier to be added to your plan.

By Jacqueline Weiss

Not ready to expose your kids to the world of smartphones? Giving your child access to the internet and social media at all times can be nerve-racking. That's why so many parents are choosing to keep things old school and give their kids a flip phone instead. Here are the pros and cons of giving your child a flip phone vs. a smartphone.