If failing grades is the case for your college student, don’t despair. In addition to tackling harder coursework, college students are also adjusting to college life. They are learning to live on their own, negotiating with roommates, dealing with loneliness, and trying to make new friends. These things alone are enough to overwhelm even the most resilient students. Still, a sudden slip in grades is worth investigating. There could be a bigger issue at play that needs your attention....

In fact, more than 1 in 5 high school students reported being bullied on school property in the last year and more than 1 in 7 kids were electronically bullied through such things a social media and texting; and, far too often, administrators and teachers are powerless to stop it. Because kids who bully tend to be opportunists, they target other students when the risks of being caught are very low....

Baby sign language is not something that’s reserved for the hearing-impaired. It’s a tool that can help with early communication for all babies, and is a universal language that everyone can understand. Let’s explore the world of baby sign language, its benefits, and some useful words to get you and your baby started. Baby Sign Language vs. American Sign Language (ASL) Baby Sign Language There is a common misconception that baby sign language is just for the hearing-impaired, but it can actually be a way for babies to communicate with their caregivers using symbolic gestures....

When Preemies Learn to Walk Among both preemies and full-term babies, there is a wide range of ages at which children reach milestones like learning to walk. Charts of developmental milestones are general guidelines to help parents estimate approximately when their children will learn new skills. A healthy preemie with an uneventful NICU stay and no major ​long-term health problems of prematurity will learn to walk according to standard developmental milestones for his corrected age:...

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Summer is a season ripe for boredom. For many children, the transition from a rigorously scheduled day of school, enrichment classes and homework to a lazy, hazy day at home can be very unsettling. Parents, who mourn the loss of free time for themselves, may have difficulty understanding a child’s frustration. Some may look back at their own childhoods and recall idyllic days spent barefoot, catching frogs and spitting watermelon seeds from the back porch....

Teethers for Soothing a Teething Baby’s Tender Gums Teething is a process that many parents wait anxiously for, but dread, when it comes to their newborn’s development. Anywhere from the first few months of age through their first year, babies are often teething. Many parents believe their babies are teething when they start to drool. Parents often search the child’s mouth for their first teeth by rubbing their hands along their gums, looking and feeling for newly emerging teeth....

Also, books can only provide so much help. There may be a time when parents need to seek professional help for children and when that time comes, it’s important to find the right professional. When to Seek Professional Help for a Gifted Child Every child gets sad and angry, so seeing signs of sadness and anger in a child doesn’t necessarily mean it’s time to look for a counselor. However, if those signs last for more than two weeks, it might be a good idea to seek professional help....

More: How to Take a Pregnancy Selfie Your body will be changing physically and emotionally. Whether you’ve been pregnant before or not, you will experience things you’ve never experienced before. Everything you do and feel will occur through the lens of being pregnant. You can’t control all of what is happening to your body on a pregnancy journey, but you can control how you share it with the world. You also get to control who has access to the innermost workings of your pregnancy....

Reading readiness skills are so important that many programs for preschoolers focus on developing those skills. In preschool and kindergarten, for instance, children learn the alphabet and the sounds the letters represent. This is not an easy task, which is why in some kindergarten classes and in many preschools, children focus on one letter each week. Unless children can understand the letter and sound connection, they will have trouble learning to read....

Up until menopause, estrogen reduces the likelihood of plaque buildup in the arteries and acts as protection from heart disease. After menopause, a woman’s risk steadily increases for developing coronary artery disease, or CAD, a condition where the veins and arteries leading to the heart become narrowed and/or blocked by plaque. Heart attack and stroke are caused by CAD, in most cases. Essential: Estrogen helps to raise HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol), which helps remove the LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) that contributes to the accumulation of fat deposits called plaque along artery walls....

Yoga is a wonderful resource for expecting and new moms, as well as babies. Working out with a new baby can seem nearly impossible, but taking time for your health and well-being will remind you how important self-care is. Plus, there are benefits for your baby too. Photo Credit: Pixaby Helen Garabedian, founder of Itsy Bitsy Yoga in Sudbury, MA says, “It will help her sleep longer and help stimulate her mental and physical development....

More: When Do Babies Recognize Their Name? Your baby learns language by listening to you—and others—use it. And though your baby certainly doesn’t understand everything you say, he no doubt picks up glimmers of meaning here and there. If you speak to your baby a lot, he will understand many words before he utters anything recognizable. Indeed, by the time your baby speaks a single word or two, he will probably understand dozens of others....

The research team looked at different preschools’ philosophies around nap time and found that it was not uniform across the board. Some schools had dedicated nap time while others did not see the need.“We were observing the preschool classrooms and how mixed the opportunities for sleep were. Often we would hear things like ‘kids don’t need to nap’ or they don’t really support the sleep environment,” Dr. Spencer explains. “For people to actively question whether these kids should be napping was really surprising to us and became a question of its own....