Child care : publication
This guide helps families manage common illnesses, recognize when to seek medical care, and make informed health decisions at home.
This guide explores how children express creativity and offers strategies for adults to nurture imaginative thinking.
Explore key developmental milestones for children aged 6–11, focusing on self-esteem, peer relationships, and communication skills.
Lynn Blinn Pike
Human Development and Family Studies Extension
Parental conflict is common, but involving children can make them feel caught in the middle and increase stress, anxiety, and behavior problems. The article highlights how triangulation happens and offers ways parents can protect children by setting boundaries, avoiding pulling them into…
Healthy sleep habits help preschoolers grow, learn, manage emotions, and thrive. This article shares simple strategies to support better sleep, including bedtime routines, consistent schedules, calming sleep environments, and tips for overcoming common sleep challenges.
Guidance on fostering children's self-esteem by helping them explore and develop their unique talents and learning styles.
Discover how positive discipline helps children build self-control, communication, and problem-solving skills while strengthening their connection with caregivers. Learn practical, respectful strategies that reduce stress, ease challenging behaviors, and create calmer, more supportive child care…
This handout explains why parents share kids online, the risks involved, and tips for safer, more mindful posting to protect children's privacy and well-being.
Ashley Blake
Graduate assistant
Early literacy starts at birth and develops through everyday interactions like talking, reading, singing, and play. The article explains how responsive “serve-and-return” communication builds early language, brain development, and future reading skills, and shares simple ways caregivers can support…
Learn why investing in accessible, high-quality childcare can strengthen Missouri’s economy by reducing worker absences that benefit businesses and government.
Parenting stress can build quickly and even lead to burnout, which makes leisure more important than many parents realize. Research suggests that when parents value and prioritize leisure, they experience less stress and stronger connections with their children. Explore how small, intentional…
Learn about effective and patient strategies for toilet training, signs of readiness, and tips for smooth transitions during this important milestone.
Learn how to support your child's large motor development with age-specific milestones and activity suggestions from birth to age six.