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A Haunted House for Pint-Sized Witches and Ghosts
Who says haunted houses aren’t for little kids? Let them create their own and they’ll be screaming for more!
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Potty Training Wars: Training with a Chronic Illness
Practical potty training advice for parents when one of them is challenged with a chronic illness.
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Avoiding Bedtime Battles with Your Young Child
How do you handle a young child who refuses to go to sleep? Here’s how to handle this common power struggle. In short, avoid the bedtime battle to win the sleep war.
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Teaching Global Citizenship through Language
How can you get your young child excited about different cultures and countries around the globe? We have some ideas.
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Cousins Without Rivalry
A mom needs advice on how to handle the relationship between her young son and his cousin which resembles that of siblings now that they are living under the same roof.
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The Post-Move Sleep Regression
What should you do when your children’s sleep schedule is still wonky a month after moving into your new home? We have advice.
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Quarantine & Isolation Parenting Survival Tips
Parenting survival tips to living indoors with your young kids while social distancing, self-isolation, and/or quarantine during the Coronavirus pandemic. We’re all in this together.
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The Preschool Philosophical Debate
A parent tries to decide whether her preschooler needs a more academic-focused classroom setting. Amalah has some sage advice.
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How to Keep Your Kids From Killing Each Other
Mom of four boys– and soon a brood of five — shares her secrets to keeping the peace between her kids and bringing out the best in them.
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Preschool Breakdown
A mom needs help now that her preschooler’s behavior has started to deteriorate. Is this the beginning of a serious problem? How can she help her child here? We have some advice.
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One Room, Two Bedtimes: Update & What Worked!
Helpful update from the very sleep-deprived expectant mom who needed help with her young kids’ sleeping arrangements… they are on different schedules and it was wreaking havoc on the whole family. She tells us what advice worked for them!
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Santa Stress!
My child who normally loves Christmas is very stressed out. Could it be related to the concept of Santa and having a feeling that everyone is lying?
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The Hangry Preschooler (and Fighting Off Temper Tantrums)
My young child is an attention-seeking mess during the witching hour before dinner. I need help with this behavior issue.
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Can I Throw a Joint Birthday Party…With No Joint Gifts?
Help! How do I make it clear on the invitation for a joint kids’ birthday party that any gifts should not be shared, without seeming gift-grabby?
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The Potty-Training Daycare Deadline
My toddler is facing a potty-training deadline at daycare and both of us are stressed. What should I do?
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Grieving Grandpa
A mom needs advice on how to keep the memory of close family members, such as grandparents, alive for your kids. Amalah has some thoughtful suggestions.
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Preschool, Pre-Move?
Should a youngster transition to a partial preschool program (from a nanny) before the family uproots out to of state? We have some advice.
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Potty Training Wars: The 4-Year-Old Holdout
A mom needs help potty training her four and a half-year-old son. He’s halfway-there but regresses. We have some strategies to consider.
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“No One Wants to Play With Me!” (and Other Preschool Exaggerations)
A young preschooler is telling her mom that no one wants to play with her. What do you do? Go mama bear or go inquiring about facts?
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My Four Year Old Won’t Go To Bed!
A previously excellent sleeper now won’t go to bed for hours. What happened and what can be done to help this young child improve their sleep?