Toddlers (1-3 years)10 min read
How Can You Encourage a Toddler to Try New Foods?
You cooked it from scratch. Cut it into small pieces. Put it on the plate with the right fork. Your toddler looked at it, pushed it away, and asked for crackers...
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Toddlers (1-3 years)9 min read
6 Methods to Teach Toddlers about Sharing
Sharing a toy with another child requires three things a toddler's brain hasn't built yet. Understanding ownership. Reading another person's feelings. Controlli...
Toddlers (1-3 years)11 min read
What's the Best Way to Handle Toddler Nightmares?
It's 2 AM. A scream tears through the house. You sprint down the hallway, heart pounding, and find your two-year-old sitting up in bed, eyes wide, face wet with...
Toddlers (1-3 years)9 min read
Why "No" Is an Important Word in Toddler Vocabulary
Your toddler's new favorite word is “no.” No to breakfast. No to the blue cup. No to shoes. No to getting in the car. No to the thing they asked for thirty seco...
Toddlers (1-3 years)10 min read
7 Games to Improve Toddler Language Skills
How many words should your toddler know by now? It's the question that follows parents from the 12-month checkup to the second birthday party. You hear other to...
Toddlers (1-3 years)10 min read
Toddler Sleep Needs: A Guide from 12 to 36 Months
Most parents assume their toddler needs less sleep as she gets bigger. She's walking now, talking more, staying up later. It feels like she's outgrowing sleep....
Toddlers (1-3 years)10 min read
How Do You Choose Age-Appropriate Toys for Toddlers?
You're standing in the toy aisle. The shelves go on forever. One box promises to teach your child the alphabet in three languages. Another has seventeen buttons...
Toddlers (1-3 years)9 min read
Why Time-Outs May Be Harmful for Toddlers
Time-outs seem like the calm, measured response. Your toddler hits, throws, or screams—and you guide them to a quiet chair for two minutes. No yelling. No spank...
Rana Talmaç
Toddlers (1-3 years)10 min read
7 Ways to Encourage Independence in Toddlers
A study published in Developmental Psychology tracked 422 children from age two to age ten. The toddlers whose parents stepped back and let them try things on t...
Şeyma Gül (Talmaç)
Toddlers (1-3 years)10 min read
8 Montessori-Inspired Activities for Toddlers
Your 20-month-old is standing at the kitchen counter, reaching for the water pitcher. She wants to pour it herself. You can see the spill coming. Everything in...
Şeyma Gül (Talmaç)
Toddlers (1-3 years)10 min read
How Do You Encourage Turn-Taking in Toddlers?
Researchers tracked back-and-forth interactions between parents and toddlers for years. The results were striking. The number of conversational turns a child ta...
Şeyma Gül (Talmaç)
Toddlers (1-3 years)10 min read
Why Toddlers Should Help with Household Chores
Can a two-year-old actually help around the house? Your first instinct might be to laugh. You picture spilled water, crumpled laundry, and a broom being used as...
Şeyma Gül (Talmaç)