Parenting | Lehigh Valley Moms

Adapting to a New Normal

The pandemic may have kept us six feet apart from our friends and extended family, but it did keep us as close to our immediate family as we’ve ever been. As restrictions start to loosen as parents (either one or both) head back to work, this can lead to changing...

Encouraging a Healthy Body Image

This story was contributed by Tamsin Jordan, MS, RD. Follow her @nutritionbytamsin. We all want our kids to be happy and healthy. A large part of that is encouraging them to love themselves just the way they are. Unfortunately, the societal pressure on children to...

Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Pet

Dealing with the loss of a beloved family pet can be difficult for a child. We recently went through this in our house when our dog of 15 years crossed the rainbow bridge. While it was tough for my husband and I, we were prepared and understood what was happening. Our...

Literacy Tips! Making Reading Fun

This story was originally published by New Canaan & Daren Moms. Every child development expert we’ve spoken to over the past few weeks, from teachers to pediatricians, has said that keeping kids reading (and reading to younger kids) is one of, if not the...

Raising a Self-Reliant Child

As parents, we all want our kids to go out into the world confident in their abilities and ready to tackle anything. But our instinct is to help as much as we can—even to the point of helicopter parenting and preventing them from learning resilience. So what are the...