Article Source: Parenting.com

 (Parenting.com) - In the hubbub of life with kids, it's amazing how fragile happiness can seem. One minute everyone is enjoying breakfast together, and the next the orange juice is toppled and the drawing is ruined and nobody wants the pancakes anymore. Blown out of proportion by a cranky preschooler, sulking tween, or grudge-holding parent, a single mishap can expand into a gloom that lasts for hours.

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Article Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- People in big cities walk past them every day -- street performers, or buskers. Some are talented, some are not, and most aren't performing for a cause greater than themselves. But on Monday, 12-year-old Abby Miller was.

She was performing outside Washington's Union Station to help her 4-year-old friend, Taylor Love, who is suffering from cancer.Abby sat in front of the station with a couple of her friends, singing songs and strumming a guitar. Passers-by seemed to notice the girl's singing talent, stopping to listen in the chilly weather, with a few putting money in a bucket at Abby's feet. Abby said the money will help support Love's family.

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Article Source: 9News Denver

DENVER - Chase was just 18 months old when he started speaking his first words and sentences to a stunned mom and dad.

"We were watching The Today Show one morning, and we heard about a baby who was 18 months and could read like it was some kind of miracle," Brett Perry said. "And we thought, 'Excuse me, we have a child with Down Syndrome who's 18 months old and can read.'"

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Article Source: PBS Parents

There is no one like your child...

Every child's development is unique and complex. Although children develop through a generally predictable sequence of steps and milestones, they may not proceed through these steps in the same way or at the same time. A child's development is also greatly influenced by factors in his or her environment and the experiences he or she has. The information in this guide explains what child development experts consider to be "widely-held expectations" for what an average child might achieve within a given year. Please consider what you read in the context of your child's unique development.

Below is a snapshot of this year. For more in-depth information click on the specific areas of development in the menu at the left.

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