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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Toddlers Apr. 18, 2024
Face it: a head start is a head start. Parents know this — and so do their toddlers. Underage ... Read More
Terrible Twos and Tough Talks Mar. 06, 2024
Dear Annie: I have a son who's going to be 3 in August. He's been going through the "Terrible Twos,"... Read More
Halloween Ghouls Have Nothing On Potty Training Oct. 23, 2021
It'll be Halloween soon — prime time for scary movie fans. Some are into "The Shining," the st... Read More
The Matter of Tori Rose Smith's Life Jan. 26, 2021
Victoria "Tori" Rose Smith lived a tragically short life. Three years. That's less than 200 weeks on... Read More
The Toddler Toddled Off; the Mom Ended Up in Handcuffs Sep. 24, 2020
Vanessa Peoples was at a family picnic in Aurora, Colorado, when her toddler wandered off. She notic... Read More
Butterflies for Christmas Jan. 05, 2019
My 3-year-old wanted one thing from Santa this year: butterflies. Not butterfly-print dresses or rub... Read More
The Orange Diet May. 12, 2018
There is a story in my family that has been told and retold so many times that I'm no longer certain... Read More
Alfie and Haleigh and Charlie and Jahi Apr. 25, 2018
When British hospital officials tried to pull the plug on 23-month-old toddler Alfie Evans on Monday... Read More
Bottom-Free Bomb Cyclone Jan. 06, 2018
My 2-year-old daughter's New Year's resolution is, apparently, giving up pants. That's not to say sh... Read More
Accept This Child Jul. 06, 2017
Dear Annie: My daughter and her husband moved in with us last year in order to save money and someda... Read More
A Moody Preteen and a Toddler Hitter Jun. 17, 2017
Dear Family Coach: My daughter is almost 11, and she's a good kid. She's polite, responsible and gen... Read More
Spiders and Kids Mar. 25, 2017
The first time my son threw a temper tantrum, it was because I wouldn't let him touch the black wido... Read More
A Friend's Divorce and a Loud Toddler Mar. 10, 2017
Dear Family Coach: We just found out that our good friends are separating. My daughter is best frien... Read More
Throwing the Baby Out with the Bath Water Aug. 02, 2016
Dear Annie: I have a toddler grandson (18 months old), and his mother leaves him alone in the bathtu... Read More
Feminism at the Ren Fair Jun. 11, 2016
I'm a feminist. The no-duh kind. The don't-be-a-bigot-and-we-don't-got-beef kind. The kind that thin... Read More
Fake Snake May. 21, 2016
Last week, my 3-year-old son mistook a frog for a snake. Last week was a millennium ago. Back when w... Read More
A Nature Lesson May. 14, 2016
The wild has been calling to me. The days of yesteryear when I worked as an adventure tour guide in ... Read More
Winter Jeans Jan. 23, 2016
In the book "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," four teenage friends marvel at the magical jean... Read More
Big Brother Pig Dec. 05, 2015
We read all the right books. We took all the right classes. We had all the right conversations. We d... Read More
Potty Training Aug. 29, 2015
Potty training your toddler while pregnant presents an odd paradox. How can I convince him that brie... Read More
