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.

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.

Creative Discipline at Home is a 30-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.

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. Although it's not easy, you can deal effectively with intense confrontations by accepting your child's angry feelings, limiting your child's inappropriate angry behavior, and practicing appropriate angry behavior during rehearsals.

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.

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.

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

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

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!