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Articles
- Aggression: Why it happens and what to do about it
- Defiance: Why it happens and what to do about it
- Hair pulling: How to nip it in the bud (age 2)
- Ignoring: Why it happens and what to do about it
- Managing sibling rivalry
- Nose picking: Why it happens and what to do about it
- Sibling rivalry: Why it happens and what to do about it
- Talking back: Why it happens and what to do about it
- Tattling: How to nip it in the bud
- Teasing: How to nip it in the bud
- Your 5-Year-Old Timeline: Bragging rights
- Your 5-Year-Old Timeline: Pushing buttons
- Your 5-Year-Old Timeline: Tattle tales
- Your 5-Year-Old Timeline: The great debater
- Your 5-Year-Old Timeline: What, me lie?
- Your 6-Year-Old Timeline: Accident or not?
- Your 6-Year-Old Timeline: Expanding your library
- Your 6-Year-Old Timeline: Potty mouth
- Your 6-Year-Old Timeline: Soothing routines
- Your 6-Year-Old Timeline: Speeding up a slowpoke
- Your 6-Year-Old Timeline: Talking back
- Your 6-Year-Old Timeline: When your child ignores you
Expert Answers
- Can behavior problems be a sign of giftedness?
- How can I handle my child's constant requests for expensive things?
- How can I help my shy child handle elementary school?
- How can I help my shy child handle kindergarten?
- How can I raise a gracious loser?
- How can I teach my child appropriate manners for a restaurant or other public place?
- How can I teach my kindergartner to stop hitting her friends and grabbing their toys?
- How do I get my grade-schooler to help her younger sibling?
- How do I speed up my dawdler?
- How do I stop my kindergartner from playing with her food?
- How do I teach my grade-schooler not to act so cliquish?
- How do I teach my grade-schooler not to interrupt me while I'm on the phone?
- How do I teach my grade-schooler to stop one-upping other kids?
- How do I teach my kindergartner not to act so cliquish?
- How do I teach my kindergartner not to interrupt me while I'm on the phone?
- How do I teach my kindergartner to stop one-upping other kids?
- How should I respond when my child says "I hate you"?
- I'm out of privileges -- now what?
- Is it normal for my big kid to have rituals?
- Is it normal for my kindergartner to disappear into her room alone for hours at a time?
- Is it normal for my son and his friends to always be hitting and knocking each other down?
- Is it normal that my big kid can't handle any hint of conflict in books or on the screen?
- Is it normal that my big kid insists on keeping the training wheels on her bike?
- Is it normal that my big kid lies to me about everything – even if I was there to see what really happened?
- Is it normal that my child is obsessed with makeup?
- Is it true that children don't get depressed?
- Is it true that sugar makes kids hyperactive?
- My child hates to bathe. How often is it really necessary?
- My child is almost too well behaved at kindergarten. Should I worry?
- My child is almost too well behaved at school. Should I worry?
- My child is having a hard time adjusting to a strict teacher. What can I do?
- My child is pulling out her own hair. What should I do?
- My child lost a baby tooth a year ago, and her permanent tooth still hasn't shown up. Is that normal?
- My child says she hates school. What should I do?
- My child says the kids at school are always putting each other down. What can I do?
- My child won't sing in a group. What should I do?
- My child won't sit still at circle time. What should I do?
- My child's teacher says he cries a lot over minor things at school. What can I do?
- My kids quarrel constantly. Help!
- My toddler daughters quarrel constantly. Help!
- Should I discipline a child who's bullying mine?
- What should I do when my child comes home from kindergarten with things that don't belong to her?
- What should I do when my child tries to get out of going to school by saying she's sick?
- What should I do when my grade-schooler comes home from school with things that don't belong to him?
- What should I do when my grade-schooler fights with his friends during playdates?
- What should I do when my kindergartner fights with her friends during playdates?
- What should I do when my kindergartner tries to get out of going to school by saying he's sick?
- Why is our grade-schooler so defiant, and how can we get him to listen?
- Why is our kindergartner so defiant, and how can we get her to listen?
News
- Violent older siblings set bad example
- Kids' head injuries linked to antisocial behaviors, study suggests
- Exposure to violent video games may increase aggressive behavior in kids
- Kids held back a grade may act out in class, study says
- Kids bullied in gym class may stop exercising, study finds
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Videos
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Does life get better after high school for gay teens?
Mon, Feb 4, 2013 (HealthDay TV) – Researchers look at how rates of bullying change as gay teens get older.
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Sibling bullying as damaging as peer bullying
Mon, Jun 17, 2013 (HealthDay TV) – Sibling aggression is associated with poor mental health in children and is as harmful...
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Underage drinking occurring in surprisingly young kids
Mon, Jun 24, 2013 (HealthDay TV) – A shocking number of children have tasted alcohol by the age of 8, a study finds.
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Polls
- Did your child use a pacifier past age 1?
- Does time-out work for you?
- Does your child jump on the bed?
- Does your child resist hand washing?
- How do you deal with your child's fears?
- How do you handle a child who refuses to stay in a time-out?
- What do you do when kids fight during a playdate?
- What scares your child the most?
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The most effective way to praise your child and how to avoid overpraising, from psychologist Susan Bartell.
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The three basic child temperaments, according to psychologist Susan Bartell, and why not to pigeonhole your child.
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Your child needs your help brushing and flossing until around age 7 or so. Here's how to do it right.
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