Learn to enjoy and embrace toddlerhood by understanding common toddler behaviors

Are you trying to get out the door in the morning and your toddler is refusing to put their shoes on? In this podcast episode, we explore what’s behind a child’s determined “NO!” reaction, and how to nurture their emotions in that moment.

Family stories, traditions, and more from our Bright Horizons AAPI community

Discovery Driven Learning, Bright Horizons’ proprietary learning framework, offers so much for teachers and children. It’s about wonder, connection, and exploration. It’s about sparking ideas, embracing questions, and trying solutions.

What should you do if your young child engages in behavior like hitting and biting? Our experts explain why it happens, and what are some effective ways to help them in this episode of Teach. Play. Love.

Hands-on, minds-on — that’s how children learn best. Hear why learning through play is so important and find out how Discovery Driven Learning™ creates a foundation for early education at Bright Horizons.

Discovery Driven Learning is a teaching and learning framework for science-informed excellence in early care and education.

How Bright Horizons influenced Jossy Lee's book series and her tips for easing working mom guilt

When war and military events occur in our world, we are all impacted – including our children. How do we answer young children’s difficult questions about war? How do we keep our children emotionally safe while also encouraging them to be empathetic, compassionate, socially aware individuals? How should we respond when children act out violent themes and war in their play? In this webinar, we’ll tackle these questions and more with our early childhood experts.

Kids ask parents about their own bodies, and their questions are not always easy to answer. But our experts give you insight into the best ways to answer those questions in another episode exploring difficult conversations to have with your child.

Whether you’re still working from home or you’re back in the office but have COVID restrictions in place, how can you help your child feel involved in Take Your Child to Work Day?

Recent events in Ukraine have affected us all, including our children. But how do we talk to our kids about these tragic global events?

How does gender identity unfold? How can you embrace it as your child grows? Join us for a conversation that will help you think about what makes your child unique, how to help them feel a sense of belonging out in the world, and how to create that same feeling at home.

Learn why babies explore objects with their mouths and why it’s a sign of healthy development.

Q&A to learn how moms can translate skills from home to their roles at work.

View these fun games that help foster children?s understanding and love of music.

Learn about the benefits of practicing positive parenting and find examples for using encouragement instead of praise.

If your child has already started to ask curious questions or you?re trying to prepare so you?re ready when they do, here?s how to use those moments to listen, learn, and explore race with your child.

Learn the benefits of music and read parenting tips for helping children enjoy music.

If your child has already started to ask curious questions or you?re trying to prepare so you?re ready when they do, here?s how to use those moments to listen, learn, and explore race with your child.

Bright Horizons child development experts share ideas for parents to help children develop literacy by creating opportunities for conversation and communication.

How to approach money and financial literacy with early learners.

Empathy is an important life skill to develop in your child from an early age, and books can help guide the way.

How can you lay the groundwork to help children understand what social justice means?