Creative Discipline with Young Children is a 44-page article that explores the concept of discipline conflicts as growing and learning opportunities and provides effective discipline strategies and techniques that are respectful to both you and your child.

This 22-page article Aggression at Home: A Detailed Plan focuses on a plan for working with children’s verbal and physical aggression and turning that aggression into socially-appropriate verbal expression.

Children’s angry feelings, children’s angry words, and children’s angry actions can be a frequent and upsetting occurrence in families with young children and in classrooms caring for young children. Anger Management for Children explores how parents, teachers, and early childhood professionals can help children deal with their angry feelings.

At the cornerstone of appropriate behavior is self-control. We want our child to have control over what they say and what they do.

This article explores goals, guidelines, tools, techniques, and emotional issues involved in parent-child separations.

An email to Irene from a 2-1/2 year-old boy who dictated his email to his mom:

Hi Ms. Irene,

Are you scared of the monsters?

The end.

L.

Children have got it right. Tears-whether during a tantrum or with disappointment over no dessert or when a fire engine gets taken from them-are freeing. They help release all that feeling. They help wash the slate clean. After the tears we can start anew.

Many families are dealing with the aftermath of earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, flooding, and power outages. These natural disasters are challenging for everyone, but especially your young child, who can absorb the general anxiety and intense feelings within a family.

Times change. But the deep basics of growing children up and growing parents never change. Here are some of my time-honored classics to help.

Every parent-child relationship can be strengthened. Every parent-child relationship hits snags, low-points, and negative patches. This article describes an exercise called The Bread and Butter Technique, a proven strategy to use for everyday interactions and for challenging times.

It feels important that we look at pacifier-sucking behavior within the context of the goals for your child and that we look at pacifier-sucking behavior through the eyes of your child. I feel strongly that each child should decide when they give up their pacifier.

My child is an extremely picky eater. He only eats two or three foods and it drives me crazy! I've tried everything to get him to try new foods, but nothing works. Help!

So what happened to my New Year’s resolution? This was going to be the year that I slowed down my entire life.

Whether it is a short trip or a long trip, traveling away from your child can be challenging to both you and your child.

Raising a family is so daily that we feel like a hamster on a treadmill going nowhere. Sometimes our children don't seem to be maturing and our parenting struggles seem same-old same-old. The Negative/Positive List Exercise can be helpful in providing perspective on the progress that you and your child are making this year.

Everyone gets angry at times. Parents raising young children experience challenging and frustrating times every day that can lead to anger. Feeling angry at your child can be uncomfortable and may occur more often than you want. When you learn to control your inner thought process you can center and self-soothe and feel better about your child and yourself. A calm parent is an important model for a young child who is trying to gain impulse control over their own emotions and actions.

Make a Family Flag with your child. Section the flag off with crayons, with one section representing each member of your family, and write your family members' names on each section. You can mount your Family Flag on a stick (for example, use a straight-edge ruler or a tree twig) or you can tape it to a door or wall. Enjoy celebrating your family with your Family Flag!

Sing to this song to the tune of Freres Jacques as each person expresses what they are grateful for. As you go around the table, you can repeat previous verses or start fresh.

Give your child what they need this summer!

This is a good time to reflect on the past year and think of the most enriching, fulfilling, connecting, joyful family times