Child development

News

• Invest in time not toys for babies
  Monday, November 16, 2009
  BLUE SPRINGS, Mo.–With the holidays around the corner, parents and grandparents are thinking about gift-giving opportunities. If you are buying for young children, confusion sets in the moment you enter the toy aisle.

Web Sites

Browse these University of Missouri Web sites:

• Building Strong Families
• Child, Youth, and Families At-Risk
• Garden 'n Grow
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• Healthy Start
  A comprehensive preschool health education curriculum that helps children learn how to make important decisions about nutrition and other health-related issues.
• Human Development and Family Studies Extension
• Kids Count
• Managing Anger: RETHINK
• MissouriFamilies: Family Meals
• MissouriFamilies: Parenting
• Operation: Military Kids
• Show Me Character
• Step By Step

You may be interested in these external Web sites:

• eXtension Parenting Resources

Publications

• GH6041, Creativity in Young Children
• GH6113, Understanding and Encouraging Your Young Child’s Large Motor Development
• GH6115, Nature, Nurture and Early Brain Development
• GH6116, Sleep Soundly: How to establish good sleep habits for your children
• GH6119, Positive Discipline and Child Guidance
• GH6121, Infant and Toddler Basics: Development During the First Three Years
• GH6122, Preschool Basics: How Children Develop During the Preschool Years
• GH6127, Nurturing Children’s Talents
• GH6128, Toilet Training
• GH6235, Development During the School-Age Years of 6 Through 11

You may be interested in these related publications:

• GH6002, Sexuality and Your Child: For Children Ages 3 to 7
• GH6010, Early Adolescence
• NCR118, Living With Your Teenager: Understanding Physical Changes
• NCR120, Living With Your Teenager: Understanding Emotional Changes