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But let’s be honest … kids sometimes create more work for parents while they’re trying to be helpful. Lucia Alcala, a psychologist and author of “Hunt, Gather, Parent,” says how parents respond to a young child who shows interest in helping is key to whether that child grows into a 12-year-old who wants to help or one who rolls their eyes when you ask. While it may be hard to choose kindness and empathy every time (let’s just be honest In part, that’s because concern for other people promotes supportive relationships and helps prevent depression.” Together, let’s show grace and kindness to each other.

March is Women’s History Month, and we want to join in the celebration with a post on raising brave, confident girls! and it means our economy is being left behind on all the innovation and problems women would solve if they were socialized to be brave instead of socialized to be perfect. Despite all our good intentions of raising children equally, it’s very easy for small differences to slip in when it comes to the way we treat girls and boys. Wonder aloud about more general patterns you see, like how all those little purses hanging from everything might make it seem that all girls, even 3-year-olds, are into shopping,” says Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D., and Sharon Lamb, Ed.D., co-authors of Packaging Girlhood.

The Teacher of the Month award is designed to recognize an employee that exemplifies our core values, which are compassion, humility, integrity, loyalty and discipline. This month we are pleased to announce that our 2021 February National Teacher of the Month is Ms. Courtney of Little Sunshine’s Playhouse and Preschool of Gilbert, AZ at Val Vista. In talking about how Ms. Courtney exemplifies LSP’s core values, Program Director, Ms. Janae said, “Ms. Courtney shows compassion each day to her toddlers by encouraging them, helping them and loving them. Family time, reading, I even work outside of work time.

None High school graduation rate : 77% for the program group vs. 60% those who didn’t attend preschool A separate study compared kids in high-quality preschools to those who went to typical preschool programs. 51% for the high-quality group vs. 44% for comparison group Harvard researchers agree with the benefits of early childhood education (ECE), and experts in neuroscience and medicine are bringing attention to the vital importance of ECE. This is something we really love (can you tell?), so check out these other posts we’ve made on early childhood education: •