Daycare
How to Distinguish Occasional Conflict From a Systemic Problem (US)
A typical toddler room sees dozens of conflicts a day — somebody grabs a toy, somebody pushes near the slide, somebody bursts into tears for reasons n...
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Daycare
Why a Child May Act Aggressively at Daycare: Age-Related Causes (US)
Few sentences turn a parent's stomach faster than "your child bit another child today." It is normal to spiral: is something wrong, is this who they a...
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Parenting
Why Young Children Lie and What to Do
A 3-year-old covers a stain with a pillow, then says they have no idea how it happened. A 4-year-old claims they brushed their teeth when they clearly...
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Parenting
The Main Parenting Styles and Their Effects
Most parents are running some mix of these four styles without thinking about it. The framework — developed by Diana Baumrind in the 1960s and extende...
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Parenting
The Science of Positive Discipline
"Positive discipline" sounds like a marketing phrase, but it rests on roughly forty years of developmental neuroscience. The short version: young chil...
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Parenting
What Permissive Parenting Tends to Produce
Permissive parents usually have their hearts in the right place. They want the relationship to feel safe, they don't want to be the parent who barked...
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Emotions
When Behaviour Looks Like a Discipline Problem but Is Actually Sleep
"He's been impossible all week." "She refuses everything." "We've tried sticker charts, time-outs, ignoring it — nothing's working." A surprising shar...
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Emotions
Sleep and a Child's Psycho-Emotional State
A normally easygoing 4-year-old dissolves into a 25-minute meltdown because the apple was cut the wrong way. A 2-year-old who happily played alone for...
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Emotions
The Relationship Between Sleep and Behavior in Young Children
A toddler hits their sibling for the third time today. A 4-year-old refuses to put their shoes on, screams when offered help, and screams again when h...
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Emotions
How Parental Emotional Stability Influences Child Behavior
You've probably seen this firsthand. On the days you're stretched thin, your three-year-old falls apart over the wrong colored cup. On a calmer Saturd...
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Emotions
How Adult Expectations Influence Child Behavior
The expectations you carry about your child's behaviour are doing more work than they appear to. When a parent expects a 14-month-old to share willing...
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