Education

Disclosure: This post is sponsored however we are super excited to share that a NEW high quality educational option is coming to Baton Rouge. Currently, Great Hearts in Arizona is the highest performing charter school in the state. We can't wait to share more about this new option coming to Baton Rouge in 2023!  A New Baton Rouge School Allows Students To Be Agents of Their Own Learning Why is Great Hearts coming to Baton Rouge? Great Hearts currently exists in Dallas Fort Worth and Phoenix. The school is now coming to Baton Rouge! Why Baton Rouge you may ask? Quite simply, the school system looks forward to being a part of a city that has a high concentration of people that...

Enduring a long NICU stay? We’ve been there. Looking for a great urgent care for children in Baton Rouge? Red Stick Mom has suggestions. We’ve talked about taking mental health days for kids, how to battle pesky molluscum, and arthritis in children. These are just a few of the health + wellness questions we’ve addressed on Red Stick Mom over the nine years we’ve served the community. In this blog post, you will learn how prevention of hearing loss in childhood and adolescence is an important consideration for the short-term hearing health of your child and for a lifetime of good communication. Protecting Your Children from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss May is recognized as Better Hearing and Speech Month. While many parents are all...

There are so many issues to consider for kids these days, from children’s mental well-being to food dyes and whether those matter to vaccines and when to get them. And that’s not even taking mom and dad’s health into account! Enduring a long NICU stay? We’ve been there. Looking for a great urgent care for children in Baton Rouge? Red Stick Mom has suggestions. We’ve talked about taking mental health days for kids, how to battle pesky molluscum, and arthritis in children. These are just a few of the health + wellness questions we’ve addressed on Red Stick Mom over the nine years we’ve served the community. In this blog post, you will learn about some natural methods for building up...

There are so many issues to consider for kids these days, from children’s mental well-being to food dyes and whether those matter to vaccines and when to get them. And that’s not even taking mom and dad’s health into account! Enduring a long NICU stay? We’ve been there. Looking for a great urgent care for children in Baton Rouge? Red Stick Mom has suggestions. We’ve talked about taking mental health days for kids, how to battle pesky molluscum, and arthritis in children. These are just a few of the health + wellness questions we’ve addressed on Red Stick Mom over the nine years we’ve served the community. In this blog post, you will learn about some natural methods for fighting those...

No screens before 24 months. Thereafter, children should have a maximum of 1 hour of screens until age 5. Why is this? We have all heard the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations, but does it really matter? Is that just for television time or does that include educational content as well? What our family has learned from heeding screen recommendations. Some of the reasons for the recommendations of no screen time until 24 months is because research has shown that there are zero benefits to screens, educational or not. What studies have shown are that screens before 18 months of age affect children’s speech and language skills including reading skills and attention in the long-term. What do we do in place...