How to Help Your Child Build Frustration Tolerance
Life doesn’t always go your way. This is one of the hardest and most universal lessons we learn as we move out of toddlerhood and into childhood and later adulthood.…
How to Tell If Your Child Has Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Every child tests limits and misbehaves, often by going against a parent, teacher, or caregiver’s wishes. However, consistent, intense defiance is sometimes classified as Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), a behavior…
What to Do When Typical Parenting Strategies Don’t Help Your Explosive, Inflexible Child
Being a kid is tough, especially when it comes to processing big emotions—fear, anger, excitement. Although we may not fully remember what it was like to be a kid, most…
Why Toddlers Hit Themselves, and What to Do About It
Photo: Natal.is (Shutterstock) We’ve talked recently about what to do if your toddler is hitting or biting. Although you certainly hoped your sweet kiddo wouldn’t be the hitting or biting…
How to Avoid Transition-Based Tantrums
Photo: Anna Kraynova (Shutterstock) Toddlers throw tantrums for all kinds of reasons, both logical and illogical. A fit could be thrown for the understandable reason that they’re simply tired at…