Toddlers

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.

A toddler's refusal to go to sleep is a very common sleep problem.

If a child is making progress, don't push him. When he is good and ready, he will have his bowel movements on the toilet.

Find out whether intervention is advised for a child who stutters.

Toddlers and preschoolers bite for any number of reasons, including getting attention, being overexcited, and showing signs of affection.

How can you tell whether your child's tiptoe walking is just a habit or indicates of a problem?

Once your child is interested in overcoming his bedwetting, two guiding principles apply: work with him and protect his self-esteem.

A parent wonders if she should be concerned that her two-year-old son is still not talking.

Letting your child rest or even sleep for a short period of time, maybe only 30-45 minutes, may be just enough so that she does not act overtired.

Find out whether thumb sucking is harmful to a child's teeth.

Patience is called for in potty training, because "Mother Nature" does need to be included in this decision process.

Read what you should do when your three-year-old's preschool teachers label him "overactive."

Children who are rapid learners or are more intelligent don't necessarily potty train earlier.

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

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