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How to Get Your Twins to Stop Fighting

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Aug 13, 2020

Frustrated with your twins fighting all the time, especially when nothing seems to work? Learn the essential habits that will encourage them to get along. First it was Spiderman, then Batman, and finally, Superman. Each new toy my husband and I gave our twins became the Hot Item they had to fight over. It seemed like they wanted whichever superhero the other person had. While infant twins are hard, older twins can be challenging as well, especially when they fight all the time. It's enough to make any mom feel like she's losing her mind. And it doesn't help when the fighting seems to be … [Read more...]

What to Do When Your Child Is Rejected by Peers

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Jul 26, 2020

Your child is social and wants to make friends... but other kids aren't interested. Here's how to help your child rejected by peers. You're sitting at the park bench, watching your little girl run around in the playground. She finds two kids hunched over buckets, shovels, and heaps of sand, and skips to them, ready to join. But instead of welcoming her into their play, they ignore her and even tell her to go away. So, she leaves, and before long finds another child to talk to. But even this boy shows no signs of interest and prefers to play alone. She returns to you, confused and … [Read more...]

Children’s Books about Being a Good Friend

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Jun 18, 2020

Building friendships important skill children need to learn. Read these children's books about being a good friend to remind your kids the values of being kind to others. Navigating friendship can be difficult for kids. They're quick to change best friends, can be mean to one another, and deal with emotions they may not understand at this age. They blurt frank words, exclude others who are different, or don't understand how a strong friendship could end so suddenly. Maybe they see other kids who could use a friend but don't know how to help them. But kids can also be some of the best … [Read more...]

7 Things You Need to Do to Avoid Sibling Jealousy

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May 29, 2020

Sibling jealousy over the new baby seems understandable, but what do you do when a few years have passed and your kids are still jealous? Perhaps you're exhausted with your older child's jealousy and need for constant attention. Even when you were pregnant, he was already apprehensive about his baby brother's arrival. Just as you predicted, he didn't take to the new baby at all. You figured the stage would pass, but several years later, the bond you hoped to nurture is still buried beneath the sibling jealousy he feels. He behaves well in every other way, but when it comes to sibling … [Read more...]

What to Do if Your Child Shows Off to Others

Little Kids

Apr 30, 2020

What do you do if your child shows off to others, whether on purpose or not? Discover how to teach your child not to show off to other people. What do you do if your child goes beyond being proud of herself to outright showing off? Maybe she keeps talking about herself whenever grandma calls, grabbing the phone and showing off all she can do. She keeps calling for your attention, saying, "Look what I can do!" (never mind that she's just catching a balloon or running across the room). She might even flaunt her accomplishments to her classmates, announcing, "I read the most pages out of … [Read more...]

How to Stop Tattling

Little Kids

Apr 23, 2020

Does your child tell on other kids for every little thing? Learn how to stop tattling and telling on others once and for all. It was starting to get predictable. I'd leave the twins to cook in the kitchen when one of them would follow after a few minutes. "He was jumping on the couch," one of them would report about his brother. Or we'd be sitting at the dining table and he'd point out, "He's playing with his water cup." Sometimes he'd even start the day with yet another report before saying hello: "He was talking instead of being quiet in bed." The tattling was getting out of … [Read more...]

How to Teach Toddlers to Share

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Feb 04, 2020

Not sharing with other kids and family members is common with children. Learn how to teach toddlers to share with these 7 tips. Toddlers are notorious for not sharing. They won't let other kids play with their sand toys, refuse to let go of the steering wheel at the park, and hold tight to their belongings—even if they weren't interested in them a minute ago. Normal as it may be with a child's development, we still want to teach toddlers to share with other children and siblings. My little ones—being twins—are learning how to share and take turns be default. Add in my eldest and you … [Read more...]

What to Do When Your Child Refuses to Apologize

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Jan 26, 2020

Wondering what to do when your child refuses to apologize? Discover a positive way to handle the situation without forcing her to say sorry. My toddler wasn't in the best of moods. It was one of those, "Let me whine about the littlest things" days. He and his dad were rough housing when he hit his dad with a plastic toy. Right away the air changed from giddiness to tension, and my son was in no mood to be schooled. Still, I knelt down to my toddler's eye level and said, "We don't hit other people." Okay, so far so good. "Daddy got sad and hurt when you hit him," I continued. When he … [Read more...]


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