This week, the Triple P Team explores toddler whining and how to help teach kids a better way to communicate. At some point, your infant’s reasonable cries for help—whether it be for food, warmth, or snuggles—will turn into requests for everything from cookies (right now!) to red socks (not the blue ones!). Some of it will […]
Deportes
En el Condado de Lane, los deportes de primavera están en pleno funcionamiento. Actividades como futbol soccer, rugby, lacrosse, básquetbol, béisbol y bateo; se están alistando para que tanto los peques como sus familias tengan una experiencia divertida. Los deportes juegan un papel primordial en muchas de las experiencias en la niñez y proveen oportunidades […]
Home Safety for Infants and Toddlers
This week, the Triple P Team offers suggestions for baby proofing your home and keep baby safe around water. There’s nothing like having a mobile infant rolling, crawling, or toddling around to alert you to all the potential dangers in your home. Suddenly, every table, houseplant, bookshelf, and Lego piece can seem like an accident […]
Dream a Little Dream – Toddler Bedtime Challenges
The Triple P Team tackles bedtime challenges, including refusing sleep or staying in bed. Thinking restless nights are reserved exclusively for the newborn phase? Most parents can tell you all ages can have interrupted nights. One in three children under the age of 5 experiences bedtime struggles, which can include: Taking a long time to fall […]
Kids and Sports
The Triple P Team talks sportsmanship, competition, and selecting the right sport for your child. In Lane County, spring sports are in full swing. Soccer, rugby, lacrosse, basketball, baseball, T-ball – everything is gearing up for a fun experience for kids and families. Sports play an important role in many children’s lives and provide them with […]
Parenting After Divorce or Separation
Still Parenting Together Major relationship changes, such as separation or divorce, can present challenges, as well as opportunities, for parenting together. Even in the best of circumstances, it’s critical to be prepared and give consideration to how things will work when parenting together after a separation or divorce. It will not only help you and […]
Protecting our children is everyone’s business
It’s a safe assumption that people (parents or not) want the best for children. If you were to ask the average person how our community should set its priorities and allocate its resources, many would say “children” in some way. Maybe their top priority would be school readiness, libraries, access to healthcare or recreational opportunities. […]
Pinwheels for Prevention
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Parenting Now! is planting pinwheel gardens to celebrate happy childhoods free of abuse. A list of locations is provided below, along with ways businesses can plant gardens. Check out our Executive Director, Lynne Swartz, on this KEZI piece Pinwheel Gardens Raise Awareness for Child Abuse Prevention Month. We are grateful […]
Let’s Play
We were designed to move! That’s why the importance of physical activity for children cannot be overstated in the 21st century. Physical exercise and activity is essential for children. The earlier they start, the healthier and more capable they will be in all aspects of their education and life. The research and evidence is incontrovertible. […]
Introduce Babies to Nature
When we learned that we were going to be having a child, we knew immediately that it would be important to for us to expose him to nature and the outdoors as much as possible. But we also knew that might be a challenge. It could be difficult to deal with adverse weather, diaper changes […]