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Everyone processes and retains information in their own way through various learning styles. Discovering your child’s learning style can help facilitate the learning process. Knowing how your child learns best can help you recognize and use their strengths to set them up for success. Here are some other things you should know about your child’s learning style.  1. Learning Styles Aren’t Exclusive Your child can have multiple learning styles. They might have one or two primary learning styles, but the rest appeal to them in various ways. For example, your child might lean more toward visual learning than they do...

A general principle in product and package design is to never underestimate users’ stupidity. This should be even more true when designing product labels for children, and yet people manage to release some really poorly thought-out child product label fails like the ones on this list. Some of the fails might be funny, but others are downright dangerous. The wrong product, label, or packaging design may prompt impressionable and inexperienced youngsters to use products in unsuitable ways or to even ingest products that can be harmful. If you’re a budding designer, this list can be a good list of things...

By Brenna Hassinger-Das, Pace University and Jennifer M. Zosh, Penn State Picking out a baby toy – whether it’s for your own child or a friend’s kid or the child of a family member – can be overwhelming. Although Americans spend US$20 billion a year on baby toys, it’s difficult to know which toy will be fun, educational and developmentally appropriate. The options seem endless, with search results at common retail sites in the hundreds, if not thousands. Is price a reliable indicator of quality? Are technological enhancements useful? Our peer-reviewed study – published in the American Journal of Play in...

By Nicole Heller This post is part of our series on Digital Media and Children Under 3, published with collaboration from the journal, Infant Behavior and Development. The featured research appeared in a special issue that focused on how young children engage with technology and ways that parents can facilitate media engagement to promote positive development. Key takeaways for caregivers Most studies on young children’s use of screens and unfavorable developmental outcomes have subtle, nuanced findings that prevent definitive conclusions that screen time directly causes developmental delays. If parents use screen media with their young child, they should interact with their babies, view content...

Take a camel ride, step back in time aboard a vintage train, or gaze at a mesmerizing blown glass ceiling Pack your bags, and get ready to enjoy quality family time in Oklahoma City. This bustling, friendly frontier town is the perfect getaway for families that love free family fun, epic experiences, and delicious food. So whether you are road-tripping across the country or taking a day trip from Tulsa, Oklahoma City is a bucket list town full of must-see places and family-friendly activities everyone in your crew will love. So keep reading to plan your perfect family vacation in...