Harper Education Consulting

So true!

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Just like the days of listening to the radio!

11 Podcasts Your Kids Should Be Listening To | Parents Take a break from screens and perk up your kids' ears with these entertaining (and shhhh....educational!) podcasts for young listeners.

Free their imagination!

How about creating instead of buying?

Parents are buying their kids all the wrong toys The highlight of my son’s speech therapy was always the bag of toys. Years ago, when he was a toddler and the therapist came to our house, he’d wait patiently as she took out one toy at a time and used each to help build language skills. Anxious to boost his progress, I watched her...

Think about it!

It's Hard for Them, Too We talk a lot about how hard it is to be a mom. But this week is "The Week of the Young Child," and I'd like to acknowledge how hard it is to be a child.

Why are more entitled than generations before? Why children are lonelier, more entitled and less patient than generations before them... I recently read a post by Victoria Prooday, and it stopped me in my tracks: The truth of it all. I dug a little deeper...

So important to remember!