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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...

5 min read

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...

3 min read

Emotions

How Toddlers Show Frustration Without Words

By the time a toddler is on the floor screaming, your options are narrow: keep them safe and wait. The useful intervention happens 60 seconds earlier...

5 min read

Emotions

Emotional Fluctuations in the Second Half of the First Year

The second half of your baby's first year is when the emotional fireworks really start. Stranger anxiety, frustration over toys they can't reach, peek...

5 min read

Emotions

Anger in Children: Why It Happens and How to Help Them Manage It

Anger in children makes adults uncomfortable in ways that other emotions do not. A sad child invites comfort; an angry child invites correction or aut...

6 min read