Performance Jitters: How Can Parents Help?
Tears, tantrums, tension and tummy aches. What do these things have in common?
They’re aspects of stage fright, also called performance anxiety. Many children (and...
Parent You Should Know … Nikki McCarty
Nikki McCarty and her family consider the Urbana Library their second home. In fact, it’s where McCarty’s younger son took his first steps and...
When Should Kids Take a Sick Day From School?
It’s important to make sure that our children don’t fall ill too often during the year. Prior to the start of the 2024-25 school...
What to Know About Instagram Teen Accounts
You’re not alone if your teen has been begging for an Instagram account or already has one despite your safety concerns, which is why...
Toddler Time: Discovering the Great Outdoors
For new parents, the demands of child care are as extreme as they will ever be. Waking up at all hours of the day...
10 Safety Tips for Trick-or-Treaters
With ghouls, ghosts and goblins galore, Halloween is the scariest time of the year. But it shouldn’t have to be scary for parents, who...
Questions to Help Find the Right Private School
You have decided to explore a private school education for your child. Whatever your motives, the research is compelling.
Researchers at Harvard say private school...
How to Prepare for a Parent-Teacher Conference
Meetings always yield better results when everyone involved is prepared for them. Parent-teacher conferences typically take place twice a year, once at the end...
Parent You Should Know: Julie Redmond
It’s easy to lose track of the simple things when you feel like you’re barely keeping your head above water.
For Julie Redmond, that was...
How to Raise Creative Kids
Helping your children build and strengthen their creativity can help them become
better problem solvers, understand how things work, develop their talents and interests,
improve their...
