Just a friendly reminder to make time for those you love.  If you feel like you are spending a lot of time doing things away from family, if is work or play, try and take the time to be with family.

Everyone needs quality time with loved ones, especially children.  They need to know how important they are and how much they are loved.  This will help them in the long run.  So even if it isn’t a lot of time, try to set time aside to spend with your family.

It seems like younger and younger children are getting TV’s in their bedrooms.  I have even seen toddlers with them.  It has always been a personal decision that Alex will not have a TV in his room, but after doing a little reading yesterday I am really happy that I made that decision.

By nature toddlers are active.  They want to run, jump, play and just be active.  But it is even more than just playing.  If a child watches a lot of TV that also means they are learning less conversations skills.

There is also a link in childhood obesity and TV/video games.  Children are spending their time inside in front of a screen instead of being active.

I am not saying to never let your child watch TV, but maybe try to limit the amount of time spent in front of it, and keeping it out of the bedroom.

This may sound silly, but when Alex first started playing in the pools and lakes, I was pretty picky about the floats that he was in.

I liked the floats that also had a canopy.  Not only did this help protect from the sun, but in case Alex had tipped over the canopy would have helped keep the float above water rather than just tipping over.

I have heard a few stories from friends about this happening, so I thought with summer rapidly approaching that I would share this with you.

If you are going through a divorce, or are just upset with someone watch what you are saying about this person while you are in front of your child/children.  Especially if this person is someone that your child cares about.

It hurts your child to hear bad things said about someone that they love and it also may put them in an awkward position.  If you are going through a divorce it is even more important to keep your feelings to yourself about it.  It is not the fault of the child, and he/she needs to know that even though the parents are going to be separated, that they are still loved by mommy and daddy.