Education, School Challenges, Toddlers Preparing Your Sons and Daughters for Kindergarten True or false: The most important thing you can do to prepare your child for kindergarten is to focus on academics. False. Contrary to... Continue Reading
Birth - First Year, Parenting Skills, Toddlers New Year’s Resolutions for Parents of Young Children For some, January 1 is a new beginning: a time for us to refresh, set new goals, or make a short list of resolutions for the coming... Continue Reading
Choosing Schools, Education, Toddlers Choosing the Best Early Childhood Education Program for Your Child and Family The results are in. Children who participate in quality preschool programs do better academically, professionally, and personally. A... Continue Reading
Birth - First Year, Parenting Skills, Toddlers The Only Child Bond—Saying Good-Bye Recently, one of my clients who is expecting her second child expressed feelings of sadness and guilt over her pregnancy because she was... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Toddlers Keeping Your Cool During the Meltdowns As a child psychologist and father of three strong-willed girls, I have faced my share of meltdowns: from screaming to stomping, name... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Temperaments, Toddlers Toddlers and Strong Emotions — Hitting, Biting, Pushing, Yelling: How to Handle Our Little Neanderthals I recently got a great question from a member of our parent community about her toddler. Has something like this ever happened to you?... Continue Reading
Bullying Prevention, Discipline & Behavior, School Challenges, Toddlers Bullying in Preschool? The preschool years are foundational for children’s social and emotional development—a time when children’s social... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Sleep, Toddlers Tackling Sleep Issues Is your little one having sleep issues that are causing your entire family to lose sleep? Does he resist going to bed at the appointed... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Toddlers Question and Answer on: Potty Training Readiness Question: My daughter is 3.5 years old and has been daytime potty trained for about 9 months. She is very vocal about wanting to be out... Continue Reading
Birth - First Year, Media Safety, Parenting Skills, Toddlers Media & Young Children: What Parents Need to Know About Screen Time While children of all ages need guidance and parameters for healthy media use, young children in particular need limits on their media... Continue Reading
