Lauranete Riverans

Lauranete

Parenting & Family Development Specialist

Lauranete Riverans brings her extensive experience and warm, supportive approach to Nitka Education, where she focuses on producing research-based parenting guidance and family development content. She is dedicated to helping parents navigate both the joys and challenges of raising children by offering practical tips, effective strategies, and creative activity ideas that enrich everyday family life. At Nitka Education, Lauranete works to ensure parents feel understood, supported, and equipped with tools that promote healthy routines, stronger communication, and confident caregiving. Her work blends empathy with expertise, helping families build nurturing environments where children can grow, learn, and thrive.

Screen Time Guidelines: Finding a Healthy Balance

Introduction Vlogging hasn’t just survived the last decade—it’s adapted, stretched, and found new muscle. Through shifting algorithms, rising platforms, and short-form video explosions, creators kept the format alive by staying scrappy. Smartphones got better, upload speeds got faster, and the lines between influencer, journalist, and entertainer blurred almost entirely. But 2024 is a pivot year. […]

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Screen Time Guidelines: Finding a Healthy Balance

Advice from Psychologists on Managing Child Tantrums

Tantrums might look like chaos on the outside, but underneath, they’re driven by something much simpler: emotion without a break pedal. Young kids don’t have the words or self-regulation to express frustration, exhaustion, or the stress of change. Transitions—like leaving the park, switching toys, or going to bed—trigger meltdowns not because they’re unreasonable, but because

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Advice from Psychologists on Managing Child Tantrums

Choosing the Right Learning Style Resources for Your Child

When it comes to how kids learn, one size doesn’t fit all. Some children get it when they see it. Others need to hear it, move through it, or write it down. These basic learning styles — visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and reading/writing — shape how young minds absorb and process information. Understanding learning styles early

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Choosing the Right Learning Style Resources for Your Child

Understanding the Stages of Cognitive Development in Children

How Infants Learn Through Senses and Actions Learning Starts Through the Body In the earliest months of life, babies absorb the world using their bodies. Before they understand language, they explore through touch, sound, sight, taste, and movement. This sensory-rich experience is the foundation of cognitive development. Touching different textures helps shape their understanding of

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Understanding the Stages of Cognitive Development in Children

How to Build Positive Communication with Your Kids

Communication That Connects: Talking With, Not At, Kids Building trust with children starts with how we speak to them. Respectful communication not only encourages cooperation but also lays the foundation for strong emotional connection. How you say something matters just as much as what you say. Understand Age-Appropriate Communication Children process information at different levels

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How to Build Positive Communication with Your Kids

Helping Your Child Develop Independence from an Early Age

What Early Independence Really Looks Like Early independence isn’t about kids doing everything on their own. It’s about giving them age-appropriate chances to try, fail, and try again. It can look as simple as a toddler choosing their clothes or a five-year-old helping pack a lunch. These small moments build trust in their ability to

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Helping Your Child Develop Independence from an Early Age

Board Game Nights: Tips for All-Age Family Fun

Simple Screen-Free Bonding In a world that’s always buzzing, sometimes the most meaningful moments are the quiet ones. Sitting at a table, passing cards back and forth, laughing over a silly mistake—there’s nothing fancy about it, and that’s the point. Vlogging thrives on connection, and screen-free activities offer a way to tap into that raw,

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Board Game Nights: Tips for All-Age Family Fun