Behavior Management for Specific Behaviors

How much sleep do we need? Infants usually sleep about 16 hours and ...

“UGH” Children sometimes smear their own feces.  Among very young...

What is Trichotillomania? Trichotillomania (sometimes referred to as TTM...

Charles Dickens wrote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of...

In the classic 1994 book, “Siblings without Rivalry: How to help your...

“WHAT is a Tantrum?” tan·trum noun. A fit of bad temper. (according...

Many young children run away from their caregivers in public places.  You...

“Mine, mine, all mine!” or “Share, share, that’s fair!”  Of course,...

My child walks around like he owns the place and he destroys everything! ...

“My child frustrates very easily…I feel like I’m always walking on...

Why does my child lie? Children younger than age 5 or 6 frequently blur...

“How do I help my child move past ‘ritualistic’ behaviors so that we can...

How can I get my child to ‘Go with the flow’?” When your child’s routine...

How much of shyness can be attributed to “nature” and how much to...

The expression “Time heals all wounds” is nice, but not entirely true. ...

Throughout the age range (and especially at about age two), children...

It is not especially uncommon for a child to bang his head in the context...

Kids hit.  There, I said it.  But that’s not good enough, right?  You...

DISCLAIMER:  This information is NOT meant to apply to children with...

Biting is fairly common among young children.  But just because biting...