As children grow, they consistently need to test the environment around them in order to determine how to respond. This inevitably leads to arguments as they push back on rules, restrictions or sometimes for no apparent reason. While giving in to your child’s every whim can be … [Read more...] about How To Neutralize An Argument With Your Child
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5 Discipline Tips When You’re Strict and Your Partner Is Chill
Your child disobeyed you. Or did something really dangerous, like climb a high wall while playing, and you need to teach her that she could seriously hurt herself. So you yell at her. Perhaps forbid her from playing with her friends for a day to drive the point home. When you’re … [Read more...] about 5 Discipline Tips When You’re Strict and Your Partner Is Chill
Even More Baby Gear Trends
Baby gear, like so many other things, goes in trends. One year a certain brand, style or color will be big, and the next, not so much. With new, better, and more efficient gear hitting the market yearly, it is no wonder baby gear trends change. The following is a look at five … [Read more...] about Even More Baby Gear Trends
Toddler Tantrum Tips
Toddlers’ tantrums are infuriating and embarrassing but if you can take yourself out of auto-pilot mode you can see you do have solutions. When Chelsey was born I spent months dreading the terrible twos. I had heard two-year-olds spent sometimes a year or more lying flat on … [Read more...] about Toddler Tantrum Tips
Teaching Your Child Respect From A Young Age
If you want your child to grow into a respectful person, you need to start teaching respect early. Young children can be guided towards respectful behavior as they start to talk to and interact with others. You can pull from three different branches of psychology to instill … [Read more...] about Teaching Your Child Respect From A Young Age
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