Healthy Tip Tuesday – How to check for a fever without a thermometer
The desire to confirm whether or not you or your little ones are running a fever as soon as possible is more intense than ever before.
Stages & Ages School Aged
TikTok Amps up parental control
(U.S.) – The popular video social media platform, TikTok announce this week that it is enhancing parental controls on the platform.
When It Is Your Circus and These Are Your Monkeys
Some days parenting toddlers is just hard. I’m going to be real honest here. We have 3 girls under 4 years old, 3 year old twin sisters and their “baby” sister, who is just 14 months younger, so very close in age..SISTERS. They “share” all their toys, blankets, stuffed animals, etc. and they all have …
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A Journey of Fostering Siblings
(New Philadelphia, Ohio) – It wasn’t necessarily the plan to foster siblings, but it was the journey for Jeanne and Dennis Hostetler.
Suicide becomes the leading cause of death among tweens and teens in 2019
(5 Minute Read) Ohio – The latest report from the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation indicates suicide as the leading cause of death for children ages 10 to 14 in Ohio in 2019.
I’m Under Qualified for Motherhood.
Before I got pregnant with my daughter, I took the leap and went back to school to fulfill my childhood dream of becoming a teacher.
Police warn parents of teen chat room
(Ohio) – Police in Ohio are warning parents to be on the lookout for teen-chat.org.
Shining a light on youth runaway prevention
(New Philadelphia, Ohio) – November is National Runaway Prevention Month designed to bring awareness and resources to the forefront for parents and guardians.
Reports indicate active shooter drills in schools could be doing more harm than good.
(U.S.) – Nearly all public schools in the United States now conduct lockdown drills to prepare students in the case of an actual shooter situation according to statistics from 2015-2016 published by the National Center for Education Statistics.
