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Junior League-Vanderbilt Center for Parenting Young Children

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This page provides easy links to various parenting topics and questions.  Below are the big categories that each parenting topic or question is related to.  Click on one and you will be taken to a list of topics within that category.  You can click on any of the topics and you will be directed to a website that will provide you with useful information.  If you have a topic or question that is not on our list, please e-mail us at parenting.center@vanderbilt.edu.

Disabilities               Other Care               Teaching and Behavior Management
Health Topics               Balance Across the Whole Family               Local Resources   

Disabilities    Other Care  Teaching and Behavior Management 


Common Syndromes
    Down Syndrome
    Fragile-X
    Prader-Willi
    Williams

Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
    Autism
    Aspergers
    Intellectual Disability
    ADHD
    Stuttering
    Speech and language delay

Physical Disabilities
    Cerebral Palsy
    Vision Loss
    Hearing Loss

Common concerns
    Advocacy
    IFSP
    IEP
    Working with teachers and therapists

Developmental Milestones
    Infancy
    Early Childhood (1-4)
    The first year
    The second year
    The third year
    The fourth year

Resources pre- and post-diagnosis
    Types of available resources
    Listing of resources by state
    Government programs


Health Topics


First aid and safety
   When to take my child to the hospital
   Making a first aid kit
   First aid techniques for minor injuries
   Head and face injuries
   Eye injuries
   Muscle and joint injuries
   Burns, heat-related illness, and frostbite
   Poisoning
   Common childhood incidents   
   Safety topics

Immunizations (vaccinations)

Teeth
   Caring for your child's teeth
   Website for kids about oral health

Home safety


Childcare
   Quality
   How to choose
      Checklist for visiting centers

      Steps for choosing a child care center

   How do I make my child (and me) ready
      Tips for easier separation
      Common parental concerns
   Parent-teacher partnership
      Building a partnership

      Expectations for child care providers

      Parent-teacher conflict

School
   Parent-teacher partnership
   Different kinds of schools
   Parent-teacher conflict
   Bullying
   Ready for preschool?
   Ready for kindergarten?

Nanny, babysitters, and respite
   Nashville babysitter placement service
   Full- and part- time nanny service
   Choosing other care for your child

Home schooling 


Balance Across the Whole Family


Family Dynamics
   Siblings - sibling rivalry
   Attention to other adult partner
      Changing relationships after a baby

      Alone time with your partner

      Tips for maintaining your relationship
   Well-being of primary caregiver
      Importance of taking care of yourself

      A less stressful life with your baby

   Parent conflict over kid stuff

Saving for college

Changing Family situations
   Divorce
      Information written for children
      Things adults can do
    Death
      How children understand death
      Helping your child deal with death
      Resource to help all family members

   Moving
       
Information written for children
      Helping your child deal with moving
   Blended families
   New baby
      Preparing siblings for a new baby
      Preparing pets for a new baby
   Adoption
   Working mom or stay-at-home mom?
      The pros and cons

      One woman's opinion

Single parent

Just for Dads
   Resources for new dads
   Tips for new dads


Throughout the day
   Supporting your child's learning
   Playing with your child
   Eliciting elaboration of interest
   Completing the learning cycle
   Emotions and values
      Teaching values

      Teaching children about emotions

      Promoting emotional well-being
   Encouraging engagement
   Encouraging
independence
   Encouraging social relationships
   Fun activities
      Arts, crafts, games
      Food creations, science projects
   Cooperation
      Making compliance easier for your child

      Teaching your toddler to listen
   Aggression
      Aggression and how to deal with it
      Teaching how to interact appropriately
   Tantrums and whining
      Understanding tantrums

      How to prevent and deal with tantrums

   Discipline strategies 
      Age-appropriate discipline suggestions
      Common behavior principles
      Using "sit and watch"
   Talking Back
      How to deal with older children
      How to deal with younger children
   Talking to kids about safety

Routine Specific-Home
   Meals
      Healthy eating
      Healthy lifestyle
      Nutrition and Fitness

      Food Tips

      Nutrition by age

      Tips for dealing with picky eaters

      Introducing new foods to children
      Breastfeeding Basics
      Breastfeeding or formula feeding
      Breast milk storage
      Weaning

      Sippy cups

   Hanging out
      TV
      Habits
      Nail biting

      Pacifier use
      Getting rid of the pacifier
      Family time

   Outside
      Activities for older children (6-10)

      Activities for toddlers

   Naps
      When do kids stop napping?

      How much sleep does my child need?
   Chores and Allowances
      What is appropriate at what age?

      What might work for my family?

   Bath
      Bathing my child

      Bathing my newborn
      Bathing my toddler
      Trouble washing hair and face
      Fear of the bath

   Toileting/diapering
      What is a normal BM for my baby? 
      Tips for potty training
   Bedtime
      Bedtime battles (preschoolers)

      Teeth-brushing

      Nightmares

      Night terrors

      Bedwetting

      Typical sleep behaviors

Routine Specific-Community
   Store
   Place of worship
      Tips for taking children to worship

      Ideas from a mom
   Neighborhood
      Bike safety
   Going somewhere
      Auto safety
      Preventing abductions

Local Resources

If you are a parent in Nashville, check out Music City Moms.

The Nashville Parent Magazine is another great resource for parents in Nashville and the surrounding areas.

For information on a variety of illnesses, check out the Family Resource Center's Health Topics Library.

 Nashville's Week of the Young Child website is another great resource for parenting information.

 


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