Child Development Information for Parents in South Carolina
Child Development
Understanding how your children grow and develop; and how you can help them along the way.
- Bonding with your kids
- Helping your kids handle hard things
- Tracking your child’s growth and development
- Surviving adolescence and navigating the teen years
- Understanding developmental challenges
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Knowledge To Make Parenting Life Easier
A Guide to Understanding and Supporting Your Child’s Sensory System
As parents, especially those raising neurodivergent children, it's important to understand sensory processing and how it affects our kids. Sensory processing plays a big...
How Do I Have Realistic Expectations for My Toddler? Here are 6 Ways.
If you're parenting a toddler, you already know the range of emotions you both are likely to experience in the span of a single day. Your child is still dependent on you...
7 Tips to Help Your Child Practice Intuitive Eating
Have you heard of intuitive eating? Some people may not realize that they have been practicing this most of their lives until they come across this term. Intuitive eating...
Programs To Level Up Your Parenting
Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)
Triple P offers parents simple, practical strategies to build strong relationships with their children and help parents effectively manage their children’s behavior. Explore Triple P, Triple P Online, Triple P Teen and Triple P Espanol.
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Family Resource Centers
Family resource centers are community-based places where families can go for help such as parenting classes, job training, mental health, family counseling, child care, job training and more.
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Even More Help
CDC’s Developmental Milestones
Learn your child’s milestones by age. Check out their free Milestone Tracker mobile app to easily monitor your child’s development.
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Vaccine Requirement for S.C. Child Care and Schools
Know all the recommended vaccines for your kids and link to your county health departments
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HealthyChildren.org
The American Academy of Pediatrics has information on many topics related to a child’s age and development, provided by trusted pediatricians.
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Your Child’s Growth and Development
Learn about the major age milestones so that you can help give your child new skills to reach their full potential.
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Help Me Grow South Carolina
Help Me Grow South Carolina supports parents by connecting them with community resources, services and free developmental and behavioral health screenings for their young child.
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South Carolina Child Development and Early Learning Resources
Connect to child development and school readiness resources in South Carolina, including developmental screenings and child development best practices.
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Parents Helping Parents
Real-life parenting advice for South Carolina parents, from South Carolina parents. Ask a question, share advice, learn from and grow with other parents around the state.