As hard as it is to think about, it’s important to plan for emergency situations with your children. They need to know what to do in case a natural or manmade disaster happens, or what to do if the adult taking care of them has a dangerous health issue and can’t call for help. There will be situations where they might not be with you when a natural disaster or other emergency situation occurs, and they’ll need to know what to do or how to get to you. Even in

  We live in an era of media and technology. For children born in this generation, computers, smartphones, and tablets have just been a fact of life. Toddlers know how to swipe around dad’s phone to get to the app they want. Preschoolers are asking Alexa to play their favorite song (20 times in a row). Older kids are obsessed with Roblox, Minecraft, and Fortnite. And, it’s a daily struggle to get your teen to look up from their phone long enough to have a decent conversation about their day. So

  With new products coming out making claims that your child will learn how to read before she even walks, the question must be asked: how early is too early to introduce your child to reading? Is your 9 month old lagging behind because you haven’t been doing ABC flash cards with him or is your 3 year old behind the curve because she can’t sing along with the alphabet song on Sesame Street? We’ll give some general guidelines for reading readiness, as well as discuss what to expect, and when