Starting daycare or preschool is an exciting yet overwhelming milestone for both children and their parents. As parents, we all want to make sure that our little ones are happy and ready for the big day.To help ease this transition, we compiled eight tips you can use to make sure your child feels confident and comfortable with the change. From preparing your home to creating a positive ritual, these strategies can help ensure that your toddler is more than ready to begin the journey of discovery and learning in a new setting. Establish a Routine Establishing a routine is key for both you and your toddler. Try and create an environment that is comfortable, consistent, and secure with their new...
Zoë Petersen, Deseret News In schools and statehouses across the country, the cultural shifts over sexual and gender identity are forcing legislators to seek ways to address these sensitive issues that best serve minors and their families without exacerbating the culture war. Many schools now include lessons on gender and sexual identity in their curriculum, as a growing number of children identify as LGBTQ and particularly as transgender. But whether and how to teach children about these issues in the classroom has divided parents and politicized the nation’s education system and its classrooms. Recent estimates place the number of teens in the U.S. who identify as transgender at 300,000, while a smaller number seek out medical interventions. Research done by Reuters suggests the number of teens...
It was Tuesday afternoon. My children were downstairs. I had no idea what they were doing and I was trying and failing not to care. My kindergartner had recently been making “traps” out of tape and I was certain I’d left a roll unattended. He’d also become enamored of the scissors. I imagined him cutting up our valuables while his snack-crazed older brother went full Caligula. Still, I did not check in. Why? Because I’d read roughly a dozen internet and print homages to the 1980s as a golden age of parenting, a time when studied indifference to children produced great results and countless stickball games. I wanted to know if the retrospective hype for Max Headroom parenting was pure...
We're less than a month into 2023, but Netflix has already announced its full film slate for the year. There could be some surprise additions down the line, but for now, these are all of the movies that Netflix plans to release in 2023. There are a few highly anticipated sequels to Netflix original films on this list, such as Extraction 2 and Murder Mystery 2, as well as some long-awaited reboots in Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget and Luther: The Fallen Sun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brTcuO49G4I Dog Gone (January 13) Netflix synopsis: After a young man and his beloved dog are separated on the Appalachian Trail, he and his father must begin a desperate search to find him before it’s too...
— From the time of birth, Americans can be obsessed with gendering their children. They put baby girls in pink clothing and baby boys in blue. As babies grow into toddlers, parents make sure their kids are playing with the correct set of toys. These initial impressions of gender identity can confuse children as they grow into teens and adults. There are even certain types of vehicles associated with genders: Some sedans are called “mom cars” and men drive trucks more often. Average insurance for a Ford Ranger isn’t the cheapest, so men who decide to drive trucks have to deal with higher insurance rates. We’ll talk about several different activities or items and how they’re tied to gender, along with...
