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.

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.

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.