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Peer Pressure is something we have to deal with all our lives and the sooner our kids learns to cope, the better. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be accepted, but parents need to help their children figure out when to go with the flow and when it’s critical to walk away.
LISTEN, DON’T JUDGE When [...]

Not all fears are bad – a child who won’t go near a spitting and hissing cat is a smart child. However, if this leads to her fearing all cats or animals, then something should be done to help her overcome her fear.
Are you contributing to her fears? Do you use scare tactics to get [...]

Language : She’s now a chatterbox. And a favorite word is “Why?” Half the time she doesn’t care about the answer, but enjoys the attention. Now’s the time to start correcting her grammatical errors.
Motor Skills : Most kids are toilet-trained by day; some even manage to stay dry at night.
Mental : Make-believe games are a [...]

Language : Most kids know about 100 words, can put sentences together, and carry a conversation.
Motor Skills : She’s improving her fine motor skills so provide lots of crayons and paper to help her draw shapes. Toddlers love to dance and sing, and most enjoy watching children’s programmers.
Mental : She’ll keep asking for the same [...]

Language : More communicative now, he can manage two or four word sentences.
Motor Skills : Allow extra time in the mornings before playschool. Your toddler is determined to dress himself, even if he needs some help. He can ask to be taken to the toilet, but still needs diapers at night.
Mental : He’s more imaginative [...]

Language : Don’t be discouraged if he seems to be going backwards and forgetting words he already knows. He’s likely to be focusing on learning another skill, like walking.
Motor Skills : By now, most kids can walk and bend to pick objects. On the fine motor skills side, he may be grasping a crayon and [...]