Parenting Tips & Activities
Parenting tips and parent-child activities that promote learning and development, as well as encourage bonding and attachment.
First Steps When a Child is Hard of Hearing
There are many resources for families who have just found out their child is deaf or hard of hearing. Soon you’ll find ways to embrace a new way of life, one with many beautiful surprises.
Parent Coaching Ideas You Can Use
Any Baby Can's parent coaching model empowers parents with skills and confidence that can be transferred to many parts of life.
More Harmony, Less Stress with Family Rules
Create practical family rules to improve kids’ cooperation and reduce the need for discipline in your home.
Will social distance affect my child’s development?
Parents are worried about how being away from peers will affect their kids socially, emotionally and developmentally. But there are practical steps you can take to support your child’s development and keep social distance.
Understanding Your Child’s Reaction to Crisis, by Age Group
Everyone is stressed right now – kids and adults alike. Learn how children of different ages respond to crises in their own unique ways.
Parents, Put Your Oxygen Mask on First
Tips for parents to help their kids cope with the impact of COVID-19, starting with prioritizing your own needs.
Tips for Developing Personal Power
Building positive personal power is referred to as “empowerment.” For many of our clients, this can be a daunting task.
Handling Stress in Parenthood
Any Baby Can’s Family Education Program uses the research-based Nurturing Parenting curriculum, which is proven to increase positive parenting behaviors such as parents’ sense of self-worth, attachment and empowerment.
The importance of praising a child
The importance of praising a child Category: Parenting Tips July 22, 2019 When you’re in the throws of parenting, it can seem like your days are spent guiding, directing, deflecting and teaching. It’s easy to see the negative and to fall into saying no, a lot. Any Baby Can’s Family Education Program provides parents an…
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Nurturing Family Rituals & Routines
Family rituals help you think about your daily routine in a new way: as possible moments of connection.
Shaving Cream Play Activity
There are great developmental benefits to sensory play, like this shaving cream activity from our Healthy and Fair Start program.
Advocate for Your Body and Your Blood Pressure
To safely monitor blood pressure in pregnancy, moms should understand what’s normal for your body, ask the right questions, and know when and how to express concern.
Sensory Activity: DIY Playdough
Parent-child activities, like making playdough, build a child’s ability to process sensory input and are great for bonding.
Nature Walk: Bonding and Development
Through parent-child activities like the nature walk, families can promote their kids’ development and encourage bonding.
Tummy Time and Brain Development
Learn tummy time and floor time techniques for babies zero to six months that encourage bonding and proper development.
Parent-Child Activity: Learning Through Play
Children learn through play! This simple parent-child activity helps kids notice and copy patterns, and practice waiting their turn.
Parent-Child Activity: Learning and Moving
This parent-child activity encourages bonding while developing gross and fine motor skills and building language skills.
The Father You Choose to Be
If you are a father—or a grandfather, male caregiver or other father figure in the family—don’t take the role lightly. Tips for being the father you choose to be.
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