Parenting Problems: SOLVED!

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Parenting is all about following your instincts but sometimes problems come up that require a little help. From pregnancy and newborns to toddlers, school-aged kids and beyond, we rounded up the answers to these top questions asked by parents.

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Positive Discipline With Straightforward Words

Reduce frustration and improve your relationship with your young child by using these discipline strategies that are simple for kids to understand.

by: Andrea Loewen Nair

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Thriving With A Toddler

If you have a toddler you need to read this article RIGHT NOW.

by: Andrea Loewen Nair

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Teaching Your Toddler How To Talk

Improved communication reduces frustration and helps to foster increased self-esteem and confidence. Here's how you can teach your toddler to talk.

by: Andrea Loewen Nair

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Playdate Etiquette

Are your kids guilty of these top three playdate annoyances? Find out what they are and how to avoid them.

by: Julie Cole

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How Do I Help My Four-Year-Old Make Friends?

Calling all experienced parents: This mom needs your advice on helping her four-year-old make friends.

by: Robin Farr

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When Can You Leave Your Kids Home Alone?

Spill it! At what age did you leave your kids on their own without a babysitter? And how did you know they were ready?

by: Angella Dykstra

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How To Get Kids To Practice Their Instruments

Does struggling to get your child to play his instrument hit a chord with you? Then these five tips to encourage practice will be music to your ears.

by: Ruth Spivak

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Stress Free Ways You Can Help Your Perfectionist Child

Depending on their mindset, you may have to take a different approach.

by: Alyson Shafer

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Best Tricks to Solve Toddler Tantrums

Stop with the shouting, bargaining, bribery and threats. Tame toddler tantrums with these four simple steps.

by: Mike Hawks

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Five Tips for Dealing With Sibling Rivalry

The tips to ensure you are doing the right things to reduce sibling rivalry and help your kids get along better.

by: Alyson Schafer

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Get Your Kids Eating Healthy

Getting kids to eat healthy can be tough. There’s less time to cook and pre-packaged is easy. Here’s how you can give healthy eating a boost.

by: Lori Tinella

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Street And Bully-Proofing Your Child

Parents are key when it comes to keeping their kids safe. These eight strategies will get the conversation started.

by: Caroline Fernandez

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5 Things No One Told Me About Being Pregnant

The real inside scoop on what happens when you're pregnant told by a mom who's been there and done it.

by: Candace Livingstone

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The Dreaded W-Sitting In Toddlers

If your kids are sitting like this, you need to make them stop. Now.

by: Stephanie Galanis

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Sleep Training Your Child

No matter what method you use, it is more likely to succeed at certain stages, and fail at others.

by: Marc D. Lewis a...

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How To Transition Your Child To The Crib

There are alternatives to crying it out. Learn strategies for getting baby settled, sleepy, and secure in a crib – in only five steps.

by: Pam Nease

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When Can Your Toddler Start Using a Pillow?

Wondering when you can add a fluffy pillow to your child’s bed? Pediatrician Dr. Paul Dempsey talks pillow safety and kids.

by: Dr. Paul Dempsey

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Tips to Avoid Food Fights

How you handle mealtime struggles can make a world of difference. Use these tips to turn food struggles into learning opportunities.

by: Irene Swedak

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15 Ways To Get Your Kids To Eat Vegetables

Make them beleaf in the power of veggies.

by: Anastasia Halldin

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When Your Child Will Not Eat

This mummy needs help with her 22-month-old who will go days just nibbling on food, and who is underweight for her age.

by: Theresa Albert

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Creating Boundaries and Expectations

For your three-year-old who is defiant, view much of it as normal, yet not acceptable.

by: Gary Direnfeld

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8 Alternatives to Hitting Kids

All kids need discipline but when hitting is involved, you could be inflicting more damage than you're fixing. Here are tips to keep your cool.

by: Kerby T. Alvy, Ph.D.

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Good Manners is Still a Learned Thing and Here's How to Teach Them

Every child has an off day and forgets his or her manners, but here are signs that indicate that your child needs a more serious manners tune-up.

by: Michele Borba

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Sexting

Cell phone rules for your teen and tween plus the common sexting phrases you need to know.

by: Krista Swanson

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Common Potty Training Mistakes

Are your kids ready for potty training? The most common mistakes parents make when potty training their children, and some simple ways to avoid them.

by: James Barker

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Are Parenting Problems Simply Part Of The Job?

What if we've classified our children's behaviors as "problems," because society has told us that those behaviours are problematic.

by: Jackie Gillard

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6 Great Potty Training Tips

Six tips from a mom who's been there and done it to help you stay calm and potty on.

by: Caroline Fernandez

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Why You Shouldn't Bribe Your Kids With Food

Is this short-term solution to behavioural issues worth the long-term consequences?

by: Sarah Remmer, RD

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When Your Child Has Many Tantrums

Learn how to use tantrum-prevention manoeuvers and assess why your child is having a major meltdown.

by: Andrea Loewen Nair

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Preventing Tantrum Escalation

The key to preventing a tantrum from escalating is by doing this.

by: Andrea Loewen Nair

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What To Do While Your Child Is Having A Tantrum

The five steps you need to take to help shift into a "tantrum tolerance" mode and get through your child's rage-time.

by: Andrea Loewen Nair

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How To Be An Empathetic Parent Even When It Feels Hard

Seven reasons why being empathetic can be difficult and what you can do to increase your empathy as a parent.

by: Andrea Loewen Nair

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When Can Children Walk to School Alone?

Walking to school alone isn’t just about crossing roads carefully, it's also about personal safety. This is the age Safe Kids Canada recommends.

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Techniques For Smooth Toddler Transitions

Here are some great tips for switching activities with your toddler without the freak-out.

by: Andrea Loewen Nair

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Giving Kids Instructions

Do not pose instructions as a question because "Do you want to put your mitts on?" will often get a reply of "NO!"

by: Andrea Loewen Nair

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Does "Attachment Parenting" Ensure Secure Attachment?

If you hope to improve the connection you have with your child by doing 'attachment parenting' no matter what, your hope may not transpire.

by: Andrea Loewen Nair

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How to Get Your Baby to Sleep Through the Night

A full night's sleep for baby means a happy day for parents. Here's how you can make it happen.

by: Playtex Mommyville

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Sleep Training 101

The what, why, when and how to sleep train your baby so you can get some rest.

by: Renee Lindo

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The ABCs of Safe Sleep

How you can reduce the likelihood of SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths.

by: Alanna McGinn

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How To Get Your Toddler To Sleep

If your overstimulated tot is more interested in playing than sleep, follow these five tips to set the scene for them to dream.

by: Tracey Ruiz

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Sleep Training Your Child

No matter what method you use, it is more likely to succeed at certain stages, and fail at others.

by: Marc D. Lewis a...

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Teaching Kids To Own Up To Their Responsibilities

Putting a little pain in the consequence to get our kids on the right track.

by: Renee Lindo

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When You Need Help Calming Down When Your Kids Are Ramping Up

If your kids are pushing your buttons and you can feel you anger building use these steps to shift your rage and become rational again.

by: Andrea Loewen Nair

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Help! My Child Wants To Be A Vegetarian!

Five tips to ensure that your meat-eaters and vegetarians eat together in perfect harmony.

by: Nicole MacPherson

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10 (Plus 1) Tips To Help A Struggling Reader

Ten tips to help your child if he or she is struggling to learn how to read (plus the bonus tip all parents should follow).

by: Erin Chawla

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Getting Your Kids To Disconnect From Tech

As wonderful as technology is, it can also be a time sucking vortex that your kids will not give up easily.

by: Eileen Fisher