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Behavior
Behavior and Self Control
7 Ways to Help Your Child Learn Self-Control
How to Get Your Child to Follow the Rules
How to Handle Phone Interruptions
How to Make “1-2-3-Warnings” Work
Why Punishing Your Kids Can Be Dangerous
Why Children Need to Be Reminded Over and Over
The Silver Lining to Your Child’s Outbursts
How to Stay Connected When You Correct Your Child’s Behavior
How to Teach Kids to Learn From Their Mistakes
What Kids Need Most When They Misbehave
How to Deal With Back Talk From Your Kids
What to Do When Your Kids Are Running Wild
Rude Kids: Getting Better Behavior through Silence
What to Do When Your Child Resists Discipline
A Cure For the Common Bad Attitude
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: How to Respond to a Suddenly Defiant Toddler
Yelling
Get Better Behavior Without Yelling
Do You Yell? The Great Debate Over Whether It Hurts or Helps
How to Get Through Holiday Prep Without Yelling at Your Kids
How Yelling Keeps Kids From Listening
Why Yelling Is a Waste of Time and Energy
How to Stop Dumping Your Stress Onto Your Kids
How to Make Sure Your Kids Won’t Hate You When They Grow Up
Siblings
3 Solutions to Sibling Fights
6 Ways to Prevent Sibling Rivalry
How Sibling Rivalry Helps Kids Prepare for Life
Listening and Cooperation
How to Help Your Child Listen and Cooperate
Getting Kids to Cooperate Without Repeating Yourself
6 Products That Help Kids Cooperate with Parents
How to Give Kids Choices that Lead to Cooperation
4 Ways to Get Your Child to Listen to You
Arguing
4 Ways to Curb Your Child’s Endless Arguing
Video Games
8 Limits That Make Video Games Good For Your Kids
Homework and School
Adults
Parenting Skills
3 Reasons to Improve Your Parenting Skills
4 Parenting Mistakes That Sap Your Energy
The Key to Parenting Well Even When You’re Stressed
7 Ways to Calm Down When You’re Having a Rough Day
The Key to Building Your Child’s Self Esteem
One Thing You Should Never Say to Your Child
Stop, Look, Ask: 3 Tools for Raising Confident Kids
What to Do When a Discipline Method Stops Working
How to Teach a Child About Being Grateful
Your Child’s Hidden Gift to You
Are You an Over-involved Parent?
Moms
What it Means to Be a Good Mother
What Moms and Dads Do Differently—and Better—Than Each Other
Why So Many Moms Have Short Fuses
How to Go from Being a Harried Mom to a Calm, Happy One
If Moms Were in Charge of Mother’s Day
The Key to Becoming a Better Mom
Relationships
General
Food, Sleep and Cleanup
The 3 Secret Benefits of Family Mealtimes
How to Get Your Kids to Clean Up Their Own Messes
How to End Power Struggles Over Food and Sleep
Potty Training
What to Do When Your Child Won’t Potty Train
Doctors and Hospital
How to Make Your Child’s Doctor and Hospital Visits Easier
Family and Relatives
How to Handle Relatives Who Are Hurtful
Safety
Street Safety: Two Ways to Teach Kids Not to Run Off
Summer
9 Kid Activities to Banish Summer Boredom
4 Family Rules That Help Keep the Magic in Summer
Holidays
5 Ways to Stay Sane While You Prepare for the Holidays
A Checklist for Staying Energized During the Holidays
The Sweetest Way to Tell Your Kids the Truth About Santa
What to Tell Your Kids When They Ask if Santa’s Real
Shopping
7 Tips That Make Grocery Shopping with Kids Easier