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Emotional & Behavioral Challenges
The Preschool Meltdown Survival Guide Every Tired Parent Needs
Preschooler meltdowns caught me off guard in a way toddler tantrums somehow hadn’t. I’d expected the toddler years…
Emotional & Behavioral Challenges
Why Your 2-Year-Old’s Tantrums Aren’t About You (What’s Really Happening)
My daughter once had a full meltdown because I unwrapped her cheese stick instead of letting her do…
Emotional & Behavioral Challenges
Why Your Child Talks Back, and the Response That Actually Works
My daughter told me, with real attitude, that my rule was “the dumbest thing she’d ever heard,” and…
Emotional & Behavioral Challenges
Living With a Defiant 4-Year-Old: What’s Normal, What’s Not
My friend’s four year old told her “no” so many times in one morning last week that she…
Emotional & Behavioral Challenges
The Car-Ride Sibling Fight Fix Nobody Talks About
Car rides used to be the single most reliable place for a sibling fight to break out in…
Emotional & Behavioral Challenges
Why Your Child Hits You Specifically, and What Actually Stops It
My daughter hit me square in the arm last year, hard, over something as small as being told…
Emotional & Behavioral Challenges
What To Do When Your Toddler Hits (Without Shaming Them)
Your toddler just hit another kid at the park, and you felt every eye on you turn at…