Child Development Episodes

Our guest today is Eddy Smits, a former professional clown, who hails from Belgium. He says authentic communication with children would heal society's woes and enable children to grow into adults who could face any challenge and be effective world lead...

Do you know that playing a musical instrument is the only thing we do that exercises the entire brain at once? When a child learns to play a musical instrument, the entire brain exercises. Music involves the left, right, front and back portions of the brain making music the most powerful brain-building activity.

Play provides the respite and energy that grandparents need for renewal. It is an opportunity for grandparents to recapture their childlike sense of wonder and a time to revel in spontaneous boisterous fun.

Ivy Butler loves to snap photographs. He's done so since his children were little, and he is continuing that tradition with his grandchildren.

Listen to this single dad talk about his determination to build good relationships with his two sons.

Jill Bowler, also known as Nana Jill, has a blog and a newsletter titled Adventures in NanaLand brimming with all things necessary to help grandparents be the best grandparents they can be.

PositiveKidsToday.com is a website filled with books, apps, programs and resources developed to support the emotional and mental wellbeing of children.

Claudine DeSola-Krause, who has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years, tells us why she introduced yoga to her parents and her young son, Tatum. Her mother, 82-year-old Raffaella DeSola, who has been practicing yoga for about three years, shares the benefits she sees in herself and in her grandson.

Emotional Competence is the focus of part one of today’s podcast. Positive discipline is the focus of part two. Each guest is an author, and each guest will give us tips on how to raise well-adjusted human beings.