text: It’s understood that children hear and watch their parents’ every move. But what if you found out that you don’t have to talk very much at all to teach your child. In fact, an MIT study suggests that parents should perhaps talk less and listen more.1 “The number of adult words didn’t seem to matter at all […]
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  Language in the Toddler and Preschool Years
  by Dr. Veritas on March 11, 2019 in Blog
  During the toddler and preschool years, most children are building their vocabularies rapidly. Since toddler age, children employ an innate skill called fast mapping, in which they quickly connect and contrast new words they hear with words they already know, and thereby almost instantly learn new words when hearing them even only once. Parents […]
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  Getting Enough Sleep for You and Your Child
  by Dr. Veritas on December 4, 2017 in Blog
  Have you ever heard the saying, “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”? It is well established through research that much of our family’s well-being and success depends on getting a decent amount of shut-eye every night. How much Sleep Do We Need? From the American Academy of Sleep […]
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  What if my Child is Afraid of Going to the Doctor?
  by Dr. Veritas on July 24, 2017 in Blog
  One of the troubling dilemmas a parent might deal with is the question of whether talking to their child about what will happen at the doctor’s office in the days before will just build more anxiety, or if it will help prepare them to be less afraid. While it can be detrimental to dwell on […]
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  Improving Your Toddler’s Aggressive Behavior
  by Dr. Veritas on July 17, 2017 in Blog
  Toddlers are at quite the exciting stage of life! They are grasping the power of language, can navigate around more proficiently, and are realizing that they can make their own choices and exert their own influence on the world around them. Additionally, around age two, many toddlers hit the peak in the number of acts […]
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  Benefits of “Baby Talk”: Infant Language Stimulation
  by Dr. Veritas on July 10, 2017 in Blog
  When a new baby is around a group of adults, chances are that you will hear many people launch into an animated, high-pitched voice and make silly sounds that would be quite amusing out of context. It just so happens that this type of silly communication we use in fawning over babies is helpful to […]
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  10 Potty Training Tips
  by Dr. Veritas on January 23, 2017 in Blog
  Potty training is another milestone in your child’s life. It is important to make sure your child is ready for potty training. Through this long process it is key that you as a parent remain patient. Although every child is different, most children are ready to begin toilet training between 2 and 3 years of […]
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