Toddlers

Children who are rapid learners or are more intelligent don't necessarily potty train earlier.

Learn how to tell when your child is ready to potty train.

Get some basic advice on dealing with the "terrible twos."

Read tips from our expert on how to handle temper tantrums in an eight-month-old.

An expert reassures a mother that it is normal for three-year-olds to lie.

Read about several approaches you can take to help your child learn to control his frustrations and anger and develop self-control.

Purchased games and toys have little relevance to healthy child development. Play, however, figures prominently in healthy child development.

Learn the best way to handle bowel control problems in school-age children.

This behavior is probably normal. Seventeen months is that difficult age when toddlers are learning to control themselves and the world around them.

A normal child's speech has progressively improved clarity -- roughly half intelligible by two years of age, moving toward fully intelligible by four years.

A toddler's refusal to go to sleep is a very common sleep problem.

If a child is making progress, don't push him. When he is good and ready, he will have his bowel movements on the toilet.

What steps can a mother take when her preschooler is rejected by teachers who say they can't cope with him?

Age four is a bit early to be introduced to this degree of bathroom humor and body curiosity, but it's not of serious concern in and of itself.

Three-year-olds aren't able use words at all times when they are angry, frustrated, or frightened.

Unfortunately, you have created a ritualized bedtime sleep pattern and nighttime awakening pattern that has your child needing your presence to fall asleep.

A teacher asks how she can teach a 4-1/2-year-old boy that it's not right to kick or bite people in her classroom.

It is normal for children to test limits and try to get their way, as they shape their independent personality.