Posts by Family Kickstart Georgia
The First Five Years – Early Child Development
The first five years of a child’s life are vital for development. The experiences youngsters have in these years help them form the adults they’re going to become. Over anything else, your relationship along with your kid shapes the manner your kid develops and learn. About early child development. Development is the term used to…
Read MoreEarly Childhood Literacy
Literacy involves meaning-making with materials that humans use to communicate and they can be visual, spoken, written, drawn or sung. Definitions vary according to theories, personal values and culture. Literacy development is a foundation for socializing with others, doing well in school, developing independence, working and managing money. To be literate, children learn in a variety…
Read MoreSocial Media – An Overview for Parents
In the past decade, the use of social media platforms has exploded and is a part of everyday life for most young people and children. Social media is a great way to keep up with family and friends, but there are risks associated with social media and children need support to explore their online world safely. What is…
Read MoreWhy Preschoolers get Aggressive?
Why it happens and what to do about it? Aggression is a normal part of a child’s development, as shocking as it may be to you. Lots of children this age kick, hit, scream themselves in the face or grab toys from classmates, from time to time. The cause may be a simple case of…
Read MoreRaising Happy and Confident Children
The outside world plays the huge role in the lives of our children, although kids are like sponges. We need to understand how to parent our children so that they connect with the world around them and how to raise them so that they can form healthy relationships at home, with their family and friends…
Read MoreFebrile Convulsions – What You Need to Know?
It’s one of the scariest things to witness, knows any parent who has witnessed their child having a febrile convulsion. Why they happen and what to do when or if it does? Febrile convulsions, sometimes known as fits or fever seizures) are common in children. They affect around 3% of children (which means one child…
Read MoreKids' Health and Prebiotics
Not all bacteria are bad. In fact, much is being written these days about how prebiotics and probiotics can aid good bacteria to maintain a healthy immune system, help fight against diseases and protect against allergy particularly in infants and young children. Prebiotics and kids’ health Your child’s guts are swarming with bacteria, some bad…
Read MoreBuild with Me, Daddy!
Weekend activity for families, “Build with Me, Daddy!” event in a Marietta City School at Saturday 26. August 2017. This FREE event is being put on thanks to Communities In Schools of Marietta/Cobb County, Furthering Fathering, Marietta City Schools.
Read MoreHow to React if Your Children Feel Crisis?
Children can often feel: apathetic: ‘I just don’t care anymore’ scared: ‘I feel worried, nervous’ confused: ‘I can’t think straight’ immobilized: ‘I feel stuck and nothing helps’ despairing: ‘It all feels hopeless’ overwhelmed: ‘I don’t feel in control’ bewildered: ‘I’ve never felt like this before’ angry: ‘How dare he die and leave me’ that the…
Read MoreWhat Parents Can Do To Stop Bad Habits?
What you can do to stop nail biting? Nail biting is habit that can be very hard to stop. It might help to: give your child something to do with their hands when watching TV or relaxing give your older children special nail care, maybe nail polish and manicured nails may motivate them to stop…
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