preschool behavior

Baby & Toddler

How to teach your toddler table manners

If there is one lesson you have probably learned as a parent, it is to expect the most embarrassing moments to occur at the most...

Preschoolers

Don’t ask me to share

Parents who have dealt with preschoolers before you can attest to the fact that reasoning with them is never easy. Still, you often...

Parenting

Why parents should learn with their preschoolers

While you’ve been around for a while, your preschooler is just learning to discover the world. It can be a fascinating experience...

Preschoolers

10 Things our kids' preschool teachers want us to know

Do you ever wonder if there are things that your child’s preschool teacher wishes she could say to you? Well, there are many things...

Preschoolers

How to prep your child for bridal party duties

Every couple wants a memorable wedding, but sometimes the inclusion of miniature brides, flower girls or ring bearers of a certain...

Preschoolers

Preschooler sleep problems solved

Your preschooler was sleeping through the night...until suddenly they weren't. Or maybe yours can't seem to tire enough to go to...

Preschoolers

Manners for preschoolers

Your children first learn manners at home. From your instruction and example, children establish a basic understanding of how they...

Preschoolers

Help your preschooler make friends

Though it might be nice, we are not born knowing how to be good friends. Like just about everything else, it's something we learn....

Preschoolers

7 Tips to stop temper tantrums in public

When a toddler throws a tantrum at home, you can remove him to another room, walk away, or simply ignore the whole thing. But when...

Preschoolers

Holiday decorating with preschoolers

Sleigh bells ring, are you listenin'? It might be hard to believe that Thanksgiving has passed already, but we are indeed well into...

Preschoolers

The importance of teaching your kids self-reliance

We know that you want to do everything you can for your little ones. You want to give them whatever they want, whenever they want...

Preschoolers

Moms of young kids deal with economic fears

There is no escaping the bad news about the economy. With the Dow Jones plunging again and again, there is little that can be done...

School Age Kids

How to gracefully handle your child's embarrassing remarks

Simon is a precocious 5-year-old who has lots on his mind and uses every opportunity to let others know what he thinks. Everyone...

School Age Kids

Get your kids organized and save your sanity! Cleaning up toys and more

It may be hard to relate saving money with organization, but the two terms really go hand in hand. If you are able to organize right...

Preschoolers

How NOT to raise a brat

You know the deal. You're on line in the supermarket and ugh, the screaming, the bickering, the kicking (and that's just the couple...

Preschoolers

Bedtime battles: A matter of endurance

Sunshine's bedtime routine has taken a dive recently. It's making me a little crazy.

Preschoolers

Taking your child’s imaginary friends by the hand

With the wild imagination that children have, it's common for your child's world to suddenly double - or triple - with imaginary...

Preschoolers

Simple mommy secrets to stop your little biter

Do you have a biter on your hands? Biting is among the most bothersome and embarrassing kid behaviors. I remember the horror the...

Teen Behavior

Raising patriotic kids: Teaching self-discipline with Love and Logic

No democracy can survive without a self-disciplined population. Preserving our democratic way of life requires that we teach our...

Preschoolers

Fears of a clown

There are certain words spoken by a child that can send a shiver of panic through every parental nerve ending. I've discovered...