Share these 5 tips with parents on how to look beyond the ratings to select a high quality care and education setting that suits their needs best...

Whether a parent, professional or advocate, you need to be asking about the research and quality behind the ratings of your Quality Rating System. In a couple of short weeks, the State Agencies will finally reveal the details of the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) for Illinois...   

Ah, the internet is ripe with questions and concerns about how we are raising our children. Parents often ask us ‘What’s best?’-  What should we allow and not allow our children to do? 

Thanks for your overwhelmingly positive response to the email we circulated a few days ago, KEEP KIDDIE CANINES IN CHECK. We were glad so many of you could enjoy a nervous giggle about such a serious and frustrating topic that gets our youngest children kicked out of school. Biting is a serious matter and children’s teeth (especially those canines) can be sharp and painful...

Is there a moment in time when we feel that all our love and well-intentioned efforts make a difference in making a life?  Early childhood is a complicated time and all we want to know is, are we doing it right? Hard to know, and oh, boy, is it hard to wait 15 years, 20 years or more before we see the fruits of our labor and good intentions...