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Parenting Tips
They say that children don't come with instruction manuals, and it's true. However, Nemours behavior and developmental experts have put together tip sheets that give you strategies to help deal with common parenting concerns.
Of course, every child is different, but these tips can provide guidance for you, along with suggestions of ways to manage typical parent/child issues.
| Parenting Tips | Download | ||
| Giving Clear Directions | English | Spanish | ||
| Sensible Consequences | English | Spanish | ||
| Time and Predictable Schedules | English | Spanish | ||
| Using Rewards to Improve Behavior | English | Spanish | ||
| Special Playtime | English | Spanish | ||
| Fighting and Aggression | English | Spanish | ||
| Tantrums | English | Spanish | ||
| Bedtime Problems | English | Spanish | ||
| Eating and Mealtime Problems | English | Spanish | ||
| The ABCs of Charting Behavior | English | Spanish | ||
| Discipline When Children Don't Listen | English | Spanish | ||
| Time Out | English | Spanish | ||
| Planned Ignoring | English | Spanish | ||
| Reading to a Child | English |