By Kris Ann Valdez I’ve always wanted to be bilingual. Although my husband grew up in a Spanish-speaking home, and I took years of Spanish, we are still conversational, at best. This caused me to shy from speaking much Spanish with my children at home because if I...
Birth to Five Helpline Awareness Week Shines a Spotlight on Essential Parenting Resource Weeklong event spreads awareness of the free helpline for expert advice for Arizona families Southwest Human Development, Arizona’s largest nonprofit dedicated to early...
It’s Not Too Late to Get Your Child Off to a Head Start in School and Life As the school year starts, parents may fear they’ve missed the chance to enroll their child in a quality early education program. Fortunately, Southwest Human Development’s free Early Head...
Are you separated or divorced? Do you have a child aged 9-12? If yes, you might be eligible to participate in an ASU research project! The project is testing new online games designed to help children cope with the emotional impact of parental separation and divorce!...
By Nikki Kontz, Teen Lifeline Clinical Director Some of the most difficult questions you can bring yourself to ask your child are also among the most important. “Have you ever tried drugs or alcohol?” “Has anyone ever touched you inappropriately?” “Are...
By Sandra Gordon From crawling, walking and babbling to the angst and rebellion of the tween and teen years, children constantly go through a predictable set of developmental stages physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially. Along the way, they can...
