Parenting
When Children Give Up: How to Respond
Your child starts to work on a puzzle, gets a few pieces in, can't find the next one, and immediately says "I can't do it" or throws it aside. A presc...
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Emotions
Why Children at This Age Often Feel Anger
Toddlers are angry more often than at any other age. This is not because they are unpleasant or poorly raised — it is because their developmental situ...
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Emotions
How Toddlers Express Frustration Without Words
A toddler who is building toward a meltdown gives signals before the meltdown arrives. Reading those signals — and understanding what they are communi...
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Emotions
Emotional Fluctuations in the Second Half of the First Year
A baby who is laughing one moment and screaming the next is not being difficult or manipulative — they are navigating a period of rapid emotional deve...
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Emotions
Anger in Children: Why It Happens and How to Help Them Manage It
Anger in children tends to make adults uncomfortable in ways that other emotions do not. A sad child invites comfort; an angry child invites managemen...
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