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  • User's Manual for Parents: Why Setting Limits is Important

    Young children naturally want to do what they want when they want, so guiding children can be challenging. Learn why limits are an important part of your parenting toolbox and how to set them effectively.

  • Does Your Toddler Come When You Call?

    QUESTION

    Hi Dr. Laura,

  • Dealing with Twinkling-eye, Attention-getting Behavior

    Does you toddler, with a twinkle in his eyes, intentionally break rules just to get your attention? How should you respond to this behavior? Dr. Kathleen Cuneo shares do's and dont's.

  • Top 10 Toddler Taming Tips

    Toddlers: they're adorable, lovable, and absolutely precious (at least most of the time -right?). They're also unpredictable, impulsive and can be absolutely exhausting.

  • 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.

  • Your Seven Month Old

    Now that your baby can sit unsupported, a whole new world is open. And she embraces it with delight! What milestones might you see this month? Read on...

  • Your Six Month Old

    She's in a pretty good mood most of the time, interested in her world and is working on expressing her sense of humor -- in grins, giggle and belly laughs. What milestones can you expect this month? Read on!

  • Your Newborn

    Your baby is here! What should he be doing? What can you do to help him along the way? Read on to find out what's normal and get play time tips.

  • The Fine Art of Disciplining Other People's Kids

    These days parent are much more cautious about discipline kids who are not their -- probably because our society has become so litigious. So how do you navigate those tricky issues of discipline the "other kids" when the child is in your care and you are in charge?

  • Coping With a Demanding Child

    Demanding behavior -- from the time a child is about two to four a parent can usually expect to experience it. Parents should not, however, excuse such behavior as only a passing stage. A parent's response to such bossiness may determine how long and how intense these battles last. How should you respond?

  • Teaching Toddlers Responsibility

    If you want to teach a child values, the best way to do it is by being good role models ourselves and by discussing the choices of everyday life. That means toddlerhood is young to "teach values" verbally, but a perfect time to start teaching values by modeling what you value.

  • Your Seven Month Old

    Now that your baby can sit unsupported, a whole new world is open. And she embraces it with delight! What milestones might you see this month? Read on...

  • Building Baby's Brain: The Basics

    But much of the brain's wiring does not happen until after birth. In the first months and years of life, brain cells form connections in many parts of the brain. These connections are the complex circuits that shape our thinking, feelings, and behaviors.

  • Dealing with Twinkling-eye, Attention-getting Behavior

    Does you toddler, with a twinkle in his eyes, intentionally break rules just to get your attention? How should you respond to this behavior? Dr. Kathleen Cuneo shares do's and dont's.

  • Lying

    Usually children lie for the same reasons adults do -- they feel trapped, are scared of punishment or rejection, feel threatened, or just think lying will make things easier for everyone. Often lying is a sign of low self-esteem.

  • Does Your Toddler Come When You Call?

    QUESTION

    Hi Dr. Laura,

  • Dealing with Disrespectful Behavior

    When a child is disrespectful to teachers or classmates, the first source to consider is the behavior of the adults in this child's life. Children who aren't treated with respect have no model for respectful behavior.

  • User's Manual for Parents: Why Setting Limits is Important

    Young children naturally want to do what they want when they want, so guiding children can be challenging. Learn why limits are an important part of your parenting toolbox and how to set them effectively.

  • Tips to End Hitting in a Toddler

    by Michele Borba, Ed.D

    My 19-month-old son is normally a very happy child -- very playful, always laughing or singing or just babbling. In my opinion he is very smart for his age. He can count to 20, knows his abc's and lots of songs to his favorite cartoon shows and nursery rhymes.

  • The Daycare Blues

    You've just started your two-year-old in a new childcare arrangement. You're thrilled with his new childcare provider, but he doesn't want anything to do with her. He protests loudly when it's time for you to say goodbye and you drive to work feeling miserable about the entire situation.