As parents, we want our children to become caring and responsible citizens, as well as resourceful and resilient adults. So how do we influence our children in this direction? The answer lies in empowering our children, not controlling them. Find out how you can love and guide them by setting a path, but not walking it for them.

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As part of our ongoing partnership with Sprout, the 24-hour preschool channel, we’re celebrating “Kindness Counts” — focusing on 10 kind acts that you can do together with your family. And remember, small acts matter big!

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Some childcare programs conduct parent-teacher conferences because they feel they’re expected to. At The Children’s Courtyard, our Family-Teacher Partnership conferences are much more than a casual conversation. Discover all that these meetings offer in addition to how your child is progressing across a full range of aptitudes and skills.

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All kids have unique natural strengths, or gifts. But there is one common gift among all kids born after 2000: technology skills. Kids today who are born into the digital era are surrounded by technology at the same time they are learning how to speak and acquire language. They innately pick up skills the same way they develop any other skill at that age — by being immersed in what is around them.

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With Halloween in the rearview mirror, what did your child like best about it? The costumes? Candy? Hayrides? Or something else? Tell us about his/her spooktacular time on our Facebook page — and don’t forget to post pictures!

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Often our busy lives seem to be full of many distractions. With the hustle and bustle of everyday, do you feel like you don’t have time to do what you need to do as a parent, or that your skills as a parent could be improved? Here are some thoughts about being a more purposeful parent.

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