Toddlers

Learn how to use time-outs as an effective discipline technique.

Read about one child's speech difficulties and what action our expert recommends.

A problem with speech is probably not related to a central nervous system infection during the first month of life.

Socialization is probably the single greatest developmental benefit to be gained from a good preschool experience.

You may feel that your child is too old to still be wetting the bed. In fact, about 20 percent of five-year-olds and 10 percent of six-year-olds wet the bed at least monthly.

When a nine-year-old has a desperate need to remain physically with a parent at all times, professional attention is called for.

Reassurance from an expert that bed wetting in a three-year-old is not a sign of a developmental problem.

Transitioning from the family bed to sleeping in your own bed in another room can be and usually is a major adjustment for a youngster.

Parents need to understand that there is a wide range in children's speech development.

Learn how to tell when your child is ready to potty train.

Get some basic advice on dealing with the "terrible twos."

Read tips from our expert on how to handle temper tantrums in an eight-month-old.

An expert reassures a mother that it is normal for three-year-olds to lie.

Read about several approaches you can take to help your child learn to control his frustrations and anger and develop self-control.

Purchased games and toys have little relevance to healthy child development. Play, however, figures prominently in healthy child development.

Learn the best way to handle bowel control problems in school-age children.

This behavior is probably normal. Seventeen months is that difficult age when toddlers are learning to control themselves and the world around them.

A normal child's speech has progressively improved clarity -- roughly half intelligible by two years of age, moving toward fully intelligible by four years.