(The following segments originally aired in July 2010)
07.28.10
When Discipline First Becomes an Issue: What do you do when your 8-month-old seems to understand the word "no," but ignores you? Is he already being defiant? Is it time to think about discipline?
Many parents start thinking about discipline when their baby is about 8-12 months old, moving around and showing some awareness of what "no" means. Parents may even become frustrated and angry at their babies.
Watch this Learning for Life as we talk with Kathy Zeisel, state leader of Parents as Teachers at Parent Trust for Washington Children, about what babies really know and can do and what discipline is for infants and toddlers.
07.21.10
Children and Sugar:Sugar. In some form or another, it's in almost everything we eat. And most of us can't get enough of it.
But, for many young children, those regular handfuls of animal cookies, after-dinner scoops of ice cream and sippy-cups full of juice are starting to add up. Diets full of sugar lead to a rollercoaster of wide of energy and moods; contribute to weight gain; and contribute to insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes, which is affecting more and more children.
Wach as we talk with Cynthia Lair, local nutrition educator and author of Feeding the Whole Family and the online cooking show www.cookusinterruptus.com, about sugar and what all parents can do to lessen the amount of sugar in their children's diets ... starting in infancy.
07.14.10
Young Children and Divorce: One million couples divorce each year in the United States. Of those, about 60 percent have children.
Divorce, and the restructuring of the family that follows, can be painful, agonizing and present long-term challenges for children well into their adult lives.
How parents talk with and support their children - especially their young children - during this time is critical to their growth, development and ability to have trusting, healthy relationships now and in the future.
Watch as we talk with Sheryl Jackson, an instructor for Consider the Children, a four-hour class offered to divorcing or separated parents in Thurston, Mason, Lewis and Pierce counties by Olympia-based nonprofit Family Education and Support Services. In most cases, a class like Consider the Children is required for divorcing parents in Washington state. She will talk about what the class offers, what divorcing couples with young children especially need to know and how to find a class near you.
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