Potty training fears, often called toilet terrors, are common among toddlers and small children. Look at things from your child’s perspective. He is giving up the security of a diaper for a big, cold thing with a giant hole that might swallow him. Up until this point, your child has been able to go in [...]

The main thing we noticed since having a baby is that time is a more valuable good. We do not have enough time for many things or time is really tight to accomplish certain tasks before the next feeding time has come. Think about feeding. The little one needs to be fed every 3 hours. [...]

One of the most difficult parts of being a father is learning to accept your children’s mistakes. It certainly can be easy to be loving, supportive, and helpful when your children are mistake-free, but most fathers who are paying attention don’t find too many mistake-free periods of their children’s lives. Let’s be clear about our [...]

Singing is a recreation almost all of us can do, but few of us do well. Because we don’t do it well, we do it, rarely. We do it in the shower, because no one is around, and we sound amazing. We do it at places of worship, because everyone’s around, and no one can [...]

It’s been said, time and again, that for a child to learn what is most important, he must be shown the lessons through example, not through words. And, if we are to nurture certain traits within our children, we must first develop those traits in ourselves. I’ve been teaching martial arts to children for a [...]

Jason Roberts listened to his son’s explanation of the missing cookies and then called him a liar. Brenda Taylor thought her three-year-old’s lies were cute, so she ignored them. Yee Chen told her daughter that if she told the truth this time, she would let it go. While all of these parents love their children [...]

Research published by University of Rochester neuroscientists C. Shawn Green and Daphne Bavelier has grabbed national attention for suggesting that playing "action" video and computer games has positive effects ? enhancing student’s visual selective attention. But that finding is just one small part of a more important message that all parents and educators need to [...]

The wonderful adaptability of children in dealing with the challenges of this ever-changing and unpredictable world is really amazing. Their growth from a state of familial security and dependence through progressive stages of self-direction and personal autonomy requires enormous and almost anti-gravitational efforts on their part. Children must integrate a continuous changing picture of themselves [...]

The biggest trick some child predators’ are using these days is to pretend to be a kid, in a kid site chat room. Child predators are talking the lingo, misspelling words, having simple conversations to gain trust with children on the internet. But do you really know just how fast they can find information about [...]

Which item below might be considered a child’s version of an all–terrain vehicle that he or she can utilize as a roller coaster, material transporter, yard waste hauler, and child’s maintenance trainer? A device that is simple, has few parts, and is virtually indestructible. A. A Crystal Vase B. Grandma C. The Space Shuttle D. [...]