Your Friendly Neighborhood Playgroup Bully
What do you do when your toddler son is now afraid of his constantly aggressive playmate?
What do you do when your toddler son is now afraid of his constantly aggressive playmate?
Why are we holding kids to adult standards when we’re out and about? On letting kids be kids and not apologizing for it. They are kids, after all.
Here, Kristen Chase shares her 5 tips for a successful outing with your kids, no matter how many you have.
A mom is experiencing the Terrible Threes for the first time and needs advice on handling battles and bed- and dinnertime.
Maybe you’ve heard of DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), maybe you haven’t. Learn why it’s a practical psychological approach to behavior regulation.
How do you help your daughters when they are excluded from play by the other neighborhood girls?
Yes, I am the not-so-proud owner of an 11-year-old boy who refuses to wear pants in the winter. He (very strongly) insists on wearing shorts year-round, even when the temperature is only in the high 20’s.
The preteen years can come with a roller coaster of emotions. I’m learning how to handle my unpredictable child and find the sweet moments too.
A mom turns to Amalah looking for help on handling her whiny, screechy and tempter tantrum-throwing three year old child.
Feel like your kid is always complaining? Sometimes the best thing a parent can do is to help a child understand and process negative feelings.
A four year old is recently having a hard time at daycare, demonstrating some aggressive behavior and throwing temper tantrums. How can his parents work together with the daycare teachers to improve the situation?
The preteen years can leave parents struggling to connect with their sometimes emotional, unpredictable child. But focusing on your child’s passions might be the key to a closer relationship.
When it comes to teens and compliance, is bribery the answer?
Amalah uses a celebratory Advice Smackdown update for some self-reflection on our own hard-earned parenting achievements, as imperfectly won as they may have come.
A toddler is throwing temper tantrums in the car on the longish daily commute home from daycare and her mom wants to nip this in the bud for parenting and safety reasons.
Parents need advice on how to handle their extremely clingy toddler who gets incredibly upset if she’s not carried. Is this an emotional or behavioral reaction that she’s having?
A mom is concerned about how her preschooler is very physically aggressive with others particularly girls and doesn’t respond to requests to stop. Is this age appropriate and how can she help him with boundaries?
A mom of soon-to-be toddler needs guidance on the hows and whats to teach her young one with respect to listening and behavior.
A mom needs advice on how to help her sensory-seeking child handle disappointment on the sports field as it’s now starting to affect his relationships.
A babysitter is stuck in an sticky situation. Her toddler babysitting charge has behavioral issues that his mom refuses to address and it’s negatively affecting her own children and animals. Since the toddler is a friend’s child she’s having a hard time knowing how to proceed.