Author: playfulchamps

1. Connect first Power struggles often happen because your child doesn’t feel like you’re on the same team. Do some

When Cindy Piazzo*’s daughter, Marley,* was four and would refuse to do a chore, the Thunder Bay, Ont., mom would

“You’re wrong about everything, Mom. I hate you. And I don’t like your hair either!” screamed my five-year-old child while

Daycare pickup used to be the best part of my day. When my girls were infants and toddlers, they’d drop everything

David Rettew is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and associate professor of psychiatry and paediatrics at the University of Vermont Larner

Before I had kids, I never would have thought socks could be a source of daily frustration in my household.

Kadyn Green is a compulsive tattler. The six-year-old in Edmonton has no scruples about squealing on anyone, from his younger