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9 Useful Techniques for Dealing with Anxiety in Children

Nov 25, 2022

Worried about your anxious child? Learn useful techniques to ease anxiety in children you can apply immediately at home. Anxiety—everyone deals with it to varying degrees. But handling anxiety in children can be a challenge because they're still learning how to cope with difficult emotions. Symptoms of anxiety can happen at any time, but common culprits include a change of plans. Your child might throw a fit because you have to leave the playground sooner than expected. He might have an irrational fear, like of monsters or thunder. A new environment and meeting new people can also … [Read more...]

11 Ways to Cope with Newborn Sleep Deprivation

Newborn

Nov 22, 2022

Struggling with sleepless nights with your new baby? Discover 11 ways to cope with newborn sleep deprivation when you're beyond exhausted. Before having kids, my version of "sleep deprivation" and lack of sleep meant all-nighters in college or a restless night of tossing and turning. Still, I always had the option of sleeping in the next day, or at least, taking care of only myself. New parenthood, meanwhile, felt like a series of all-nighters, night after night, for months. Disrupted sleep became the norm. Sure, I'd sometimes clock in eight hours of sleep a day, but in patches at a … [Read more...]

8 Tips for Your Child’s First Haircut at a Salon

Development

Nov 17, 2022

Getting a haircut at a salon can be overwhelming for kids. Learn how to make your child's first haircut at a salon a fun experience. There was no denying it: My son needed a haircut. I had been saving a lot of money by avoiding the hair salon, but my home cuts just weren't, well... cutting it anymore. It was time for his first cut at a salon. I avoided formal haircuts for over two years, thanks to the texture of his wavy hair that hid even the most lopsided, uneven haircuts I gave at home. But when a heat rash showed up on the back of his neck, I knew there was no way I'd be able to snip … [Read more...]

How to Respond to Your Child Using Bad Language

Communication

Nov 16, 2022

Have your kids stumped you by blurting out a bad word, whether innocently or intentionally? Learn how to respond correctly to a child using bad language. From outright R-rated words to the less offensive ones, hearing your child say a bad word can feel shocking. First, you're surprised, maybe even guilty because there's a good chance you know where she must've picked it up from. Then, you react and discipline her regardless of whether she said it with intention or not. Other times, she's not even aware that she said a bad word but knows that she's triggered something in you based on … [Read more...]

How to Stop Being the “Bad Guy” with Your Kids

Behavior

Nov 13, 2022

Do you feel like you're squashing the fun for being strict and holding your ground? Learn how to stop being the bad guy with your kids. Do your days feel like you're squashing out the fun for being strict and holding your ground? You're trying to have a fun, positive moment with your kids, but you can't seem to go a minute before disciplining them yet again. You want them to ride their scooters in the yard, but have to stop them from crashing into the flower bed. They're having a blast playing chase, but you have to step in when they hurt one another. And you can't seem to let it go when … [Read more...]

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