It is possible to get our children out the door in the morning with only 10 words: “Get up. Get dressed. Eat breakfast. I love you. Goodbye.” If we want them to succeed in life, at school and at work, we will say more like 3 thousand words every morning before leaving the house. Sounds hard, but just say what you see. Name everything: the objects (oatmeal, pink shoes, purple winter coat), the experiences (brush your teeth), the feelings (so tired this morning). It doesn’t t

My guess is that your child is number one for you. My grandchildren are number one to me. The girls are the best. We can make our number one children first in their class when they get to school. Give them a huge vocabulary, or else someone else’s child will be number one in the class. How? Start talking to our babies before the baby can talk. Babies learn their words from their parents. They need to hear lots of words before they are three years old. I’m talking a lot. Are

Families have many ways of expressing love: hugs, kisses, smiles, giggles, eyes, words. We all tend to do what our mothers did to us. That is what comes naturally. My family was very loving, but not big on using the words, “I love you.” I am learning from my daughter-in-law how delicious those words are. A baby tends to take baby talk, the kind words said directly to his face and eyes, as a version of “I love you.” I love seeing two-year-old Edie hug her older sister to chase