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Learn how to discipline your preschoolers and toddlers: Tips and tactics that work, whether or not to spank, and how to manage different parenting styles.

iPad Kid: Understanding the Phenomenon and Its Impact

iPad Kid: Understanding the Phenomenon and Its Impact

Underneath the meme lies a societal concern that needs to garner more attention.

Grace Draznin

Is Kids Chat Safe For My Teens?

Is Kids Chat Safe For My Teens?

Do you know who your children are talking to online? Moreover, do they?

Grace Draznin

Teaching Children About Healthy Relationships: A Guide for Parents

Teaching Children About Healthy Relationships: A Guide for Parents

Building and fostering relationships are an essential part of life. This guide can help you give your child a headstart.

Stefanie Peachey

A Therapist's Guide to Managing Tantrums in Toddlers

A Therapist's Guide to Managing Tantrums in Toddlers

Therapist shares how to identify triggers and implement strategies to manage toddler tantrums

Michael Vallejo, LCSW

How to deal when your kid's a tattletale

How to deal when your kid's a tattletale

Is your kid a tattletale? We've got advice for parents whose kids are quick to tell on friends, siblings and other adults.

Lisa van de Geyn

Why I put dirty socks in my kids' lunch bags

Why I put dirty socks in my kids' lunch bags

Desperate to stop her kids from leaving their dirty socks around the house, one mom tried something wildly unconventional.

Rachel Cameron

Are time-outs toxic?

Are time-outs toxic?

Between time-outs, time-ins or neither, experts disagree on what's best. If time-outs aren't working for your family, here's what to do instead.

David Rettew

8 loving ways to show your kid you're the boss

8 loving ways to show your kid you're the boss

Demanding. Bossy. Defiant. Sound familiar? Here's how to take back the lead with a kid who thinks they're running the show.

Claire Sibonney

Oppositional Defiance Disorder: When Your Did Isn’t Just “Difficult”

Oppositional Defiance Disorder: When Your Did Isn’t Just “Difficult”

Nothing prepared me for my daughter’s explosive rages and vindicative behaviour. But, there are solutions for families who have defiant children.

Hilary Thompson

What’s the right way to give a time-out?

What’s the right way to give a time-out?

Time outs are a familiar tool in a lot of parent toolboxes, but they may not always be the best way to manage behaviour.

Bonnie Schiedel

10 ways to defuse a power struggle

10 ways to defuse a power struggle

Parenting educator and psychotherapist Andrea Nair offers up these genius tricks for avoiding and managing pint-sized attempts at household domination.

Andrea Nair

The sad—but kinda sweet—reason your kid is being a jerk

The sad—but kinda sweet—reason your kid is being a jerk

Is your kid misbehaving to get your attention? For a young child desperate for a parent’s attention, even negative feedback is better than none at all.

Bridgett Miller

10 Proven Ways to Finally Stop Yelling at Your Kids

10 Proven Ways to Finally Stop Yelling at Your Kids

It scares your kids and makes you feel terrible—and experts say it doesn’t even work. Stop yelling with this 10-step program.

Lisa Kadane

How to stop your child from hitting

How to stop your child from hitting

What's causing your little slugger's behaviour—and how to make it stop.

Alex Mlynek

Here's what works way better than forcing your kid to say sorry

Here's what works way better than forcing your kid to say sorry

You can insist that your child apologize, but how can you help them to feel genuine remorse, make amends and do better next time?

Rachael Rifkin

How to get your kids to listen: 5 tricks to try

How to get your kids to listen: 5 tricks to try

A psychotherapist shares five simple yet effective tips to help you get your kids to listen. Believe it or not, the first one is to talk to them less!

Liza Finlay

Constantly reminding and nagging? Here's when to let your kid fail

Constantly reminding and nagging? Here's when to let your kid fail

You could keep nagging and reminding your kids of their responsibilities. Or, you could let the natural consequence of their actions teach them something.

Lisa Kadane

How to discipline a toddler? 12 tactics that actually work

How to discipline a toddler? 12 tactics that actually work

Disciplining toddlers can be tough, but if you're frustrated with your kid's antics, here are some tricks that actually work.

Laura Bickle

How to stop your child's whining

How to stop your child's whining

The most effective way to encourage preschoolers to speak in their big-kid voices.

Erin Phelan

Siblings fighting: How to keep the peace

Siblings fighting: How to keep the peace

When it comes to siblings fighting, how often is too often? When should you intervene? How can you encourage cooperation? We've got the details.

Shawna Cohen

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