Danial Holland

Kids Furniture and Safety Concerns

- Consult the US Consumer Safety Commission website for any furniture recall to know what to avoid when buying a specific furniture - Look at the furniture construction. Make sure it is sturdy, durable and rated to carry your child's weight, size or ag... Read >

Are You in Tune with Your Body?

The prenate communicates its experiences the only way it can: through motility. Eye movement, heart-rate, respiration, gestures, and elimination patterns speak volumes about the individual prenatal world. Regularity of movement can be a sign of health ... Read >

Seek Out the Good in Your Child

I don't believe in good for nothing. I was walking down the aisle of a large supermarket when I heard a mother hissing to her crying child, "Good for nothing! Nothing! You better stop this now or I will leave you with the police man". Not that I am ang... Read >

Establishing a Ritual for Bedtime

Any casual glance at child rearing guides will reveal that particular attention is paid to baby sleep habits. The reason is fairly obvious: one of the most difficult things for a new parent to get used to is dealing with constantly being awoken in the nig... Read >

Financial Preparations for College

Paying for college is one of the largest expenses a parent will face in their lifetime, other than paying for a house. Because of this, care needs to be taken as well as special planning and allocations of finances in order to take the burden away from th... Read >

Baby Clothing Blast from the Past

If it was cool when you were a kid, it's cool for your kids! Baby clothing is quite a bit different today than it was when you were an infant. From the designer styles of Baby Dior and Baby Phat to the bizarre offerings of the alternative baby clothing... Read >

Vaccines Every Child Should Have

We all know that in order to prevent serious illnesses from affecting our children we must take them to the doctor at predetermined periods for vaccination. Parents need to know when it is the most indicated moment for such a shot and against which diseas... Read >

Ten Tips on How to Be a Better Mother

Every day as I watch my three children grow, I reflect on my most important career choice-the day I became a mom. Like other women, I've struggled to balance work, life, home and family, but the good news is there is a solution. First is to forget try... Read >

Determining Your Baby's Sleep Patterns

It's true, the number one milestone most parents seek look forward to is the day (or night) their newborn starts sleeping through the night. You don't have to suffer endless night after night without sleep however, even with a newborn. Baby's actu... Read >

The Road to Reading

The U.S. Department of Education recommends beginning to read to your baby when she is six months old. According to their 2003 report, "Hearing words over and over helps her become familiar with them. Reading to your baby is one of the best ways to help h... Read >

The Basics of Reading Comprehension

If you can read every word on a page, are you really reading? Well, maybe and maybe not! One definition of 'read' is "to utter aloud written matter;" if using this definition alone, of course you are reading. There is another definition, though, which ... Read >

Turning Your Princess into a Queen

From her highchair, she gazes at me with admiration. Enchanting brown eyes follow me as I bustle about cleaning the handful of Honey Nut O's she's tossed on the floor. She's a year old, gorgeous and her daddy's joy, and she's smiling so sweetly; at her... Read >

Making Time for Yourself

OK, so that title sounds like a pipe dream for a lot of parents. You're probably busy taking care of your children all day, and if they're too small for school you don't get that break. But there are still ways to get some quiet time. One way is to hav... Read >

Social Skills in Children

Problem solving and conflict resolution for children should begin being taught early on. If you're a parent of multiple children in your family this becomes apparent as it won't take siblings long at all to become engaged in some type of 'sharing' violati... Read >

The Teenage Drinking Problem

What is it coming to when the law can not uphold the law? with Under age drinkers In their powerless efforts to control the rising problem with under age drinkers the numbers are increasing day by day. How sad for the parents who have tried in vain to ... Read >