It happened in an instant. My daughter, Molly, was only two-years old and I hadn’t taught her any water safety rules. We were visit my sister and her family in San Diego. Molly played with a ball while my sister and I were talking in her fenced front yard. All of a sudden, I realized …
I hear you friend. You have a kiddo with big feelings or some developmental needs. You need more strategies to stop your child’s meltdowns. Does your toddler scream every time you need to buckle the car seat? You try to reason with your child, but it only makes things worse. Or maybe your preschooler collapses …
Are you routinely dealing with crying, anger, or back talk after school? Does someone in your family have after school meltdowns? If so, you’re not alone. Without fail, every September I’d hear this concern from at least two or three parents: “Mrs. Wahlgren, is Suzy having problems at school? When she comes home every afternoon, …
You feel so stressed when your child won’t listen. You have lots of demands and little time. I know listening is a real problem in most families so I developed a strategy. With this strategy, I taught my child to listen. Does this sound like your household: It’s time to get out the door for …
Your child is potty trained during the day! Hooray! So now how do you handle night time potty training? My husband and I were reluctant to night time potty train our daughter. We had a new baby and our daughter already had a bunch of other sleep issues. But we realized helping her learn to …
You’ve tried to teach your child to wash hands. But hand-washing time still looks like this: She hastily flips the faucet on. Then she furiously rinses for half a second. Last, she declares she’d done approximately two seconds after she started. If it’s a good day, she might squirt some soap on one hand. Rinses …
