childhood
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How to Cope With a Colicky Baby
All babies cry. But some babies cry a lot. A colicky baby — defined as a healthy baby who cries for more than three hours a day, more than three days a week — presents a mental, physical, and emotional challenge for new parents beyond what most of us can fathom. To be tasked with…
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How to Support Kids in Foster Care Without Being a Foster Parent
On any given day, there are more than 400,000 kids in the U.S. foster care system. Some of those kids are in the system for days or weeks, while others spend months or years bouncing from home to home to home — and every single one of them has experienced trauma.
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Why Toddlers Hit Themselves, and What to Do About It
We’ve talked recently about what to do if your toddler is hitting or biting. Although you certainly hoped your sweet kiddo wouldn’t be the hitting or biting type, you were probably also aware that these are common things many toddlers do out of frustration, for attention, or because they lack the communication skills necessary to…
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What to Do When Your Toddler Is a Biter
There are lots of unpleasant behaviours our young children will display over the course of their childhood, but biting — which not only can leave marks, bruises, and break the skin, but also freaking hurts — is one we all hope our kids will never adopt. Unfortunately, there’s a fairly good chance they’ll chomp down…