When a new sibling arrives in a family, things change for your school-aged child. The time and energy required in meeting the newborn baby’s most basic needs are not only draining to parents, but they can take precious attention and time away from your school-aged child as well. It is not uncommon, for this reason, [...]

The fact of the matter is that when a new baby arrives in a household certain things are going to change. There is going to be a lot more noise, first of all. You are going to be busier than you were before. There is going to be all sorts of new equipment, such as [...]

Being a single parent can be a challenge. As any parent knows, handling more than one child at a time can sometimes be a difficult task. This is no more true than it is for the single parent. In a household with two parents, when sibling rivalry occurs, it is often easiest to split the [...]

Introducing a new sibling to your child is a very important process. While it is true that children will obviously develop their own interpersonal relationships, the way that you go about introducing a new sibling to your child can often set the tone for their relationship, at least in those initial and important days. By [...]

Adjusting to a new infant can often be a difficult process for a family. Especially when there is an older child who used to be the only child, the entire dynamic of how the family operates can change almost overnight. Because of this, it is especially important that parents take the time to do certain [...]

Handling sibling rivalry in older children can be both easier and more difficult than handling sibling rivalry in younger children. While it is true that older children can usually be reasoned with more effectively than younger children, the fact of the matter is that older children may often feel much more strongly about their sibling [...]

The birth of a new sibling can be a very joyful time for a family. It can also be a very stressful time, even for the other siblings in a family that really don’t have to participate much at all in the birth process. In addition, sometimes even before a new sibling is born, older [...]