The Covid era meant that our children missed some developmental milestones as a result. What does this mean to us as parents?

When you develop your child's decision-making process, you may not agree with every decision, but you can feel good about how they got there

Not only is it important to teach your child to read, but it's important for them to see you reading too.

Cecil uses baseball as an example and analogy of the value of letting kids learn from failure.

As a pediatric physical therapist, I have evaluated hundreds of infants. One of the first things I check is whether the baby can fully...

During a zoo outing with his son’s family and their two preschool boys, the grandfather wasn’t happy with the oldest boy’s behavior. The...

We often parent the way our parents did, or we do the opposite. Neither may be right.

Parents can be shy or evasive about sex education for their child. But kids are curious. Use their curiosity to have short talks about sex.

Don't let your child run on empty. Frequently replenish your supply of love so that they clearly understand your love and encouragement.

Of the four parenting styles, one stands out as the most ominous, causing the most long-term damage to children.

Allowing your child to gradually, incrementally make their own choices pays off when they become of age.

Life experiences test and grow our faith. Few experiences accomplish this like parenting.

Parents need to be in unison on the big stuff. They also need be in unison on the smaller stuff, like what food to eat.

What I'm about to describe is easy to read but can be very hard to implement. When you become a couple, you become a new family. Each of...

Ginny Cruz addresses the early years of childhood as a guest blogger, posting on a monthly basis. Ginny Cruz, MPA, PT, is a pediatric...

In my Thursday Unison Parenting blog, I brought up an advice columnist's suggestion that an annoyed restaurant guest should send a cookie...

This is the first of a two-part series (the other is in Further Insights) on making parenting decisions in front of your children.

Children don't mature in all facets of life in perfect proportions, like a gingerbread person. They might be better described as amoebas.

Cecil uses the image of a gingerbread person to identify five areas of development for your child.

Collaborative Parenting was the most difficult Unison Parenting chapter to write in trying to simplify complex techniques.