Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

In 1987, President Reagan declared March “Mental Retardation Awareness Month” to encourage opportunities for people with developmental disabilities. Since renamed “Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month”, this month is still set aside […]

National Poison Prevention Week

March 16th-22nd is National Poison Prevention Week. Adults should always try to keep poisons out of reach of young children, but accidents do happen. According to the Poison Prevention Week […]

Reframing the Mental Health Issue

Photo Credit Dr. Paul Dworkin, of the Help Me Grow National Center, has updated his blog again! This month focuses on mental health… In a January 2014 New York Times […]

HMG: An Overview

We’re looking forward to expanding Help Me Grow Alabama to more areas of the state in the future. Take 4 minutes and check out this video from the Help Me Grow […]

Get Vaccinated!

Parents must make thousands of healthcare decisions for their children over the course of their lives. Immunizations are crucial to disease prevention and have multiple benefits. Consider the following statements […]

Developing a Second Language

Photo Credit Learning a second language is something that everyone can benefit from at any age. At birth, a child has no language comprehension, but already has the building blocks […]

The Sound of Music

Music education helps children learn on many different levels, and music therapy is an important field that reduces stress for many children. Consider some of the numerous ways music education […]

Starting the New Year Fresh and Clean

As you start off the new year, you may have been thinking about positive changes you can make in your life and your family’s. If you’ve been considering improving cleanliness […]

Pediatricians & Healthy Child Development

Charles Bruner, Ph.D., director of the Child and Family Policy Center and HMG National partner, has written a blog post for BUILDing Strong Foundations. In the post, he describes the […]