Gift or curse. It’s all relative. (har, har!) All puniness aside, you may find yourself seeing family from a new perspective after you have kids. You may grow closer to some family members as you see them through new eyes and fresh challenges. …

When you have multiple young children, finding room for them can become a challenge. Many people skip toddler beds, and instead go from crib to crib-mattress on the floor. This gives the child time to learn how to sleep on a small mattress without falling out of bed. For some…

Halloween has everything a child needs for pure joy. Costumes, parties, games, silliness, staying up past bedtime to walk around outside in the DARK! And how could a child not love strolling up to other people’s doors and demanding candy! …

Childproofing your home can vary from moving furniture in front of wall outlets to maximum lockdown. If you have more than one kiddo, you will need at least one safe place to corral your mischievous critters while your back is turned. …

Families definitely need help but the needs of parenthood and childhood are not the same. — We humans have spent most of our evolutionary time in hunter-gatherer societies. Which means children have evolved to grow and develop in free roaming multi-aged play groups. Within such a structure, children can each mature and acquire skills at their own individual rate. Such a structure also allows for tremendous…

You can pick up parenting tips from all kinds of places. The zoo. The aquarium. Both are loaded with insights. Dolphins spend their lives zipping around in three-dimensional space while pursuing one bright shiny object after another. Sounds kind of like a gaggle of wild toddlers, doesn’t it? Nevertheless, these…

Drowning is the second most common cause of accidental death for kids under 15 years of age. (Number one cause is car accidents.) Once the summer heat arrives in full force, all that water is going to be calling to you and your youngsters. …

Humor in young kids is pretty basic. This gives you the opportunity to play the goofy, silly, and confused doofus. Channel your inner Groucho Marx or a non-violent version of the Three Stooges. Practice “silly walks” like John Cleese. Walk into the room with an extra pair of pants on…

There are many aspects to parenting, but sometimes you just need a child’s behavior to change. Alan Kazdin Ph.D. is a Yale child psychologist and author of The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child. …