Toddlers
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ToddlersToddler Growth and Development
This behavior is probably normal. Seventeen months is that difficult age when toddlers are learning to control themselves and the world around them.
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Toddler Language DevelopmentToddlers
A normal child's speech has progressively improved clarity -- roughly half intelligible by two years of age, moving toward fully intelligible by four years.
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ToddlersYour Toddler and Sleep
A toddler's refusal to go to sleep is a very common sleep problem.
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ToddlersToddler Growth and Development
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.
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ToddlersToddler Language Development
Find out whether intervention is advised for a child who stutters.
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ToddlersToddler Behaviour and Discipline
Toddlers and preschoolers bite for any number of reasons, including getting attention, being overexcited, and showing signs of affection.
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ToddlersToddler Growth and Development
How can you tell whether your child's tiptoe walking is just a habit or indicates of a problem?
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ToddlersYour Toddler and Sleep
Once your child is interested in overcoming his bedwetting, two guiding principles apply: work with him and protect his self-esteem.
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ToddlersToddler Language Development
A parent wonders if she should be concerned that her two-year-old son is still not talking.
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ToddlersToddler Behaviour and Discipline
Letting your child rest or even sleep for a short period of time, maybe only 30-45 minutes, may be just enough so that she does not act overtired.
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ToddlersToddler Growth and Development
Find out whether thumb sucking is harmful to a child's teeth.
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ToddlersToddler Growth and Development
Patience is called for in potty training, because "Mother Nature" does need to be included in this decision process.
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ToddlersToddler Behaviour and Discipline
What steps can a mother take when her preschooler is rejected by teachers who say they can't cope with him?
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ToddlersToddler Behaviour and Discipline
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.
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ToddlersToddler Growth and Development
Three-year-olds aren't able use words at all times when they are angry, frustrated, or frightened.
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ToddlersYour Toddler and Sleep
Unfortunately, you have created a ritualized bedtime sleep pattern and nighttime awakening pattern that has your child needing your presence to fall asleep.
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ToddlersToddler Behaviour and Discipline
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.
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ToddlersToddler Behaviour and Discipline
It is normal for children to test limits and try to get their way, as they shape their independent personality.
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