Toddler Development

Imagine if every day with your toddler felt like you were on the same team. Imagine if your parenting actually strengthened the bond between you, creating a space where you both feel heard, calm, and connected. This is what positive parenting can do.

Wie die Natur Mütter zu wahren Superheldinnen macht. Ein Kind zu bekommen, bedeutet weit mehr als schlaflose Nächte und Schwangerschaftsstreifen. Denn die Natur stattet werdende Mütter mit absoluten physischen und psychischen Superkräften aus. Und das aus gutem Grund: Sie und ihr Baby leben in einem Rhythmus, und das mütterliche Gehirn wird während Schwangerschaft und Stillzeit so neu strukturiert, wie es vorher nur in der Pubertät passiert. Wir alle wissen, wie Babys entstehen - aber wie entstehen Mütter?

Das Trotzalter ist die erste heiße Phase im Leben mit dem Nachwuchs. Kaum steht es auf seinen eigenen Beinen, beginnt das Kind nach Autonomie zu streben. Der kleine Sonnenschein wird zum tellerwerfenden Wutmonster und verunsichert seine Eltern zutiefst. Die Autorinnen machen Mut, Wege abseits der klassischen Erziehung mit festen Grenzen und strenger Konsequenz zu gehen. Sie erklären, was in den Kindern vorgeht und warum Trotzphasen wichtige Entwicklungsphasen sind.

This compassionate, science-based guide offers hope and practical strategies for parents of children whose critical developmental years (ages 2–4) were impacted by COVID-19 isolation. Written by a child development expert, it explains how pandemic conditions disrupted normal social, emotional, and communication milestones and provides a comprehensive roadmap for helping children recover and thrive.

Raising a Catholic family is never easy, especially not when it comes to discussing our faith with our children. Despite trying our best, sometimes we all need help addressing issues of faith respectfully, honestly, and accurately.

Toddlers are pretty amazing and so delightful (some of the time). A developmental understanding of why toddlers have difficulty getting to sleep and sleeping through the night will definitely help you and make your toddler even more adorable (maybe tolerable is a better word.) Parenting Guide to Toddler Sleeping will make your life easier. With wit and understanding, based on his years of treating children, child psychiatrist Calvin Colarusso M.D., clearly describes the developmental issues that explain why toddlers are not the best sleepers in the world.

Don’t want your kid to be your future roommate in retirement? Start their financial education NOW! You'll be surprised to learn that it’s simpler than you’d think, and with a few powerful guidelines to follow and apply, you can drastically change the direction of your kids’ financial futures. Kids just need a little help from their parents while they are still growing up to establish lifelong, financially-healthy habits. The critical step in creating this foundation is starting young and nurturing their financial mindset as they are still living at home.

Do you want to calm the chaos in your house without struggle or guilt? Are you tired of being an irritable, reactive, and restless parent? Do you want to create a deeper connection and meaningful relationship with your child? This essential guide will help you unlearn reactive parenting and keep your cool even in the middle of chaos. The book is packed with powerful evidence-based, practical methods to help raise confident, responsible, and resilient humans.

Nearly all babies in the UK receive formula milk at some point during their first year of life. Yet finding independent and factual information about formula feeding can be surprisingly difficult, as much of the material available to parents, carers, and health professionals is generated by the formula industry for marketing purposes. How can parents make properly informed decisions about which brand to choose, how much to feed and when, and how to prepare products safely? Infant feeding specialist Shel Banks tackles all these questions and many more.

The first 12 weeks of a baby's life can be a challenge for any new parent. Tresillian's experienced, expert advice will guide you through with practical tips and real-life stories, set out in an accessible format for tired brains. With dedicated information for fathers and other caregivers, and key sections on coping with lockdowns and parenting in an age of social media, this is an audiobook packed with reassurance, guidance and ideas.

When it comes to baby sleep, Lucy Wolfe has seen - and solved - it all. Her gentle stay-and-support approach has helped thousands of people achieve the holy grail of parenthood: a full night’s sleep! But even with the best routine things can go awry, so in All About the Baby Sleep Solution Lucy addresses the most common problems that interrupt sleep routines.

Is it even possible for toddlers to do as they’re told? Can parents guide their kids effectively without resorting to punishment and yelling? How can we avoid that overwhelming guilt we feel after being too tough with them? For those who are used to dealing with toddlers, it can seem like all our little ones want to do is misbehave and get into power tussles with us.

Without any doubts, toddlers can be either tricky or lovely. When my children were small, I felt that I was struggling to get them to do things (without using any punishment, of course!). Sometimes, the only alternative was to bribing, threatening, or putting them into time out. I always worked as a teacher in Montessori education. Montessori method, named for the Italian physician Maria Montessori, stresses the importance of the development of a healthy self-concept: “One becomes a well-balanced adult only if one has fully been a child.”

Die besten Erfahrungstipps von der Expertin für Baby- und Kleinkinderschlaf für maximale Entlastung und ausgeschlafene Eltern! Bekommt mein Kind genug Schlaf? Wie viele Stunden sind eigentlich normal? Und was ist mit mir, ich will endlich auch mal wieder schlafen! Katharina Meier-Batrakow ist Expertin für Baby- und Kleinkindschlaf und selbst Mama von zwei Kindern. In ihrer Praxis berät die Psychologin Eltern in allen Fragen rund um das Thema Schlaf und unterstützt Familien dabei, wieder in einen guten Tag-Nacht-Rhythmus zu finden und zur Ruhe zu kommen.

Wie Kinder sich entwickeln – die (R)Evolution im Kinderzimmer. Kinder verstehen liegt nun in komplett überarbeiteter, ergänzter und aktualisierter Fassung vor. Der bewährte Kern ist geblieben: Den typischen Familienproblemen - Warum schläft das Kind nicht ein? Warum schreit es so oft? Warum isst es so schlecht? - liegen keine Erziehungsfehler zugrunde. Der Blickwinkel der Evolution zeigt vielmehr: Kinder haben gute Gründe für ihr Verhalten. Vieles, was uns "schwierig" erscheint, hat ihnen in der Vergangenheit geholfen, sich im Leben zu behaupten.

Becoming a parent transforms you. From the moment your baby arrives, the pace of life shifts. Time begins to move in strange new ways—excruciatingly slow during sleepless nights and impossibly fast when you realise your baby has grown out of their newborn clothes again. In this first year, everything is new: the feelings, the routines, the worries, the joys. Your baby is learning the world—and you’re learning your baby.

Have you ever looked into the eyes of a child and sensed a depth of emotion that words could never express? "The Silent Scream: What Kids 0-6 Do Not Tell You" invites you on a transformative journey into the hearts and minds of the youngest and most vulnerable in the foster care system. Authored by seasoned foster parent and advocate Juan Rodriguez Aceves, this book unravels the mysteries behind the behaviors of children aged 0 to 6—behaviors that often mask their deepest fears, frustrations, and desires for connection.

Unlock the magic of Montessori education at home with Montessori Moments: Engaging Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers. This comprehensive guide is designed specifically for parents seeking practical, easy-to-implement activities that foster independence, focus, and holistic development in their little ones.

We've all been there or done it - a child with watery eyes, begging for something they really want but can't have now. And when a parent says "no" - the drama starts. Most of the time, parents have no idea what to do. They either panic or get angry and always embarrassed. There is no way to avoid it, or is there?

Wenn der Zweijährige trotzt oder die Fünfjährige wütend um sich schlägt, reagieren Eltern aus Hilflosigkeit oft mit Schimpfen und Strafen. Doch so lernen Kinder nicht, auf gesunde Weise mit ihren Gefühlen umzugehen. Die erfahrenen Pädagoginnen Raisa Cacciatore und Erja Korteniemi-Poikela zeigen in diesem praktischen und zeitgemäßen Erziehungsratgeber, wie es den Kleinen und auch den Großen gelingt, die eigenen Emotionen zu verstehen und zu regulieren. Die Lösung: Liebe und Sisu, das finnische Wort für Kraft und Beharrlichkeit.