Parenting Toddlers

You can begin by asking some basic questions about the causes of her behavior. Generally, it’s helpful to evaluate childish outbursts in terms of three different dimensions: the physical, the emotional, and the spiritual.

Using a question-and-answer format, Busy Mom's Guide to Parenting Young Children takes you from birth through the "terrible twos" and into the tween years with tips on discipline, sleep patterns, potty training, sports involvement, and more.

It feels like only yesterday when you came home from the hospital with your precious baby. You were tired and a bit overwhelmed, yet determined to capture and enjoy those fleeting moments of babyhood. Then it happened: sometime in the middle of the night, someone switched out your tiny, compliant infant for a much larger and strongly opinionated toddler! Now you realize that your previous circumstance with sleepless nights and numerous feedings were a walk in the park compared to this. Who is this little person yearning for independence and leaping from dangerously large structures while gulping down fistfuls of Arrowroot cookies? Don’t worry — it’s not all terrible twos.

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Give your 2-year-old appropriate choices to help him navigate his burgeoning sense of power so it’s not used to fight against what you ask him to do.

We've discovered that the blessings far exceed the drawbacks of mixed-ages parenting, but it takes creative parenting when there are teens and toddlers under the same roof.

Normally when I come home from work, my 2-year-old son greets me at the door with a huge hug. As I scoop him up in my arms, the joy on his face melts away the toils of the day.

As parents we can grow accustomed to doing everything for our young children and lose the opportunity to teach them responsibility.

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Parents who listen to Focus on the Family and the Parenting Podcast may try to implement some of the advice they hear and that's great! But John and Danny explain that because kids are always watching our actions, these parents should be consistent with the new parenting tools they pick up.

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The normal – and necessary – process of development and advancing motor skills will create extra work and worry for everyone in your toddler’s life. Explorations should be encouraged, but they will inevitably require some adjustment of your living arrangements.

What does the Bible say about disciplining your toddlers? How can parents discipline their toddlers most effectively?

The toddler years are crazy, and we need different expectations of our parenting in those early years.

It sounds like you’ve got a major battle of the wills going on. But then, you’ve got a 2-year old, so that isn’t too surprising. Your little guy has his own idea of what he wants to do in the evening, and obviously sleeping is at the bottom of the list.

If your child always questions limits, rules, and commands, then you know how tough it is to parent them. But understanding how they think makes things a bit easier.

Parents, correction will be most effective when it’s given in a context of consistent affirmation.

What issues are you most likely to face with your toddler?

Using tablets as ‘e-babysitters’ for toddlers could lead to more tantrums, which in turn can have harried parents trying to calm a child by handing them a tablet, new research shows.

Give your 2-year-old appropriate choices to help him navigate his burgeoning sense of power so it’s not used to fight against what you ask him to do.

Guys, I know this sounds silly, but sometimes, I truly, deeply in my core, feel like once everyone in my household can go to the bathroom in the right place at the right time without involving me in any way, I will be completely carefree, inexpressibly fulfilled, and unshakably happy, every second of every day. Recently, I tried to make that happen...

How do I stop my toddler from hitting? It's a common question for parents that begins with identifying necessary discipline and consequences.

Toddlers make mothers feel like they have lost control of the family.