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Aggressive Behavior in Toddlers
Tips for parents and caregivers to manage aggressive behavior in toddlers and help children learn to manage strong emotions.
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Your baby's development begins before birth.
From biting to stuttering to divorce, our most popular resources for parents cover it all and get real about parenting children 3 and younger.
Steps Toward Crawling
The process of learning to crawl is actually pretty complex. Try these tips to support your baby as they explore movement through crawling.
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Toddler Biting: Finding the Right Response
Trying your best to understand the underlying cause of toddler biting will help you develop an effective response.
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Toddlers and Challenging Behavior: Why They Do It and How to Respond
This article explores the meaning behind challenging behavior in toddlers and how parents and caregivers can set age-appropriate limits.
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Tips on Learning to Talk
When do babies start talking? Learn about language development and find age-appropriate activities for children birth to 3 years old who are learning to talk.
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Help Your Child Develop Early Math Skills
Most children develop an understanding of math through everyday interactions and informal activities. Help your child develop math skills.
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Divorce With an Under-3 in the House: What You Need to Know
Divorce happens and affects children even when they’re very little. Here are strategies for parents to manage divorce with young children.
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My Toddler is Playing with his Penis. How Should I Handle This?
It's normal and natural for toddlers to explore their bodies. Here's how to respond when you notice your toddler playing with his penis.
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I am concerned because my 3-year-old son has started to stutter.
Stuttering in toddlers is not uncommon as children learn to put sounds and words together to form thoughts and phrases. Here are a few tips to know when it may be more than a temporary stage.
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Developing Social-Emotional Skills
Making friends. Showing anger in a healthy way. Figuring out conflicts peacefully. Learn what you can do to support social-emotional development in your child from birth to age 3.
12–24 Months: Social-Emotional Development
Between 12-24 months, social-emotional development progresses. Toddlers develop self-awareness and a sense of being independent from others.
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Birth to 12 Months: Social-Emotional Development
Starting from birth, babies are learning who they are by how they are treated. Learn more about babies' social and emotional development.
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24–36 Months: Social-Emotional Development
As two-year-olds, children really begin to play interactively with their peers. Learn more about toddler social-emotional development.
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Play With Me!
Find fun activities and play ideas to support early learning for infants and toddlers.
Play Activities for 12 to 24 Months
Whether you're looking for games to build your toddler's language skills or to keep them busy, here are some play ideas for 12-24 months.
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Play Activities for 24 to 36 Months
Whether you're looking for games to build your toddler's language skills, or games to keep the young ones busy, here are some great play ideas for your infant or toddler.
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Play Activities for Birth to 12 Months
Whether you're looking for games to build your baby's language skills, or games to keep the young ones busy, here are some great play ideas.
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The Magic of Everyday Moments
These resources provide helpful strategies for supporting young children’s development through everyday interactions.
The Daddy Factor: How Fathers Support Development
Learn about fatherhood and the unique and powerful role fathers play in the development of their children.
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Before Birth: Prenatal Development for Baby, Mom, and Dad
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Driven to Discover: How Thinking Skills Develop Through Everyday Play and Exploration
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Development From 24 to 36 Months Old: New Skills Develop Through Play, Routines, and Relationships
Learn how to encourage your child's increasing independence and endless imagination through play, routine, and relationships.
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From Cries to Conversations: The Development of Communication Skills from Birth to 3
Watch how parents and caregivers can support the development of communication skills from birth to 3 years.
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Busy Bodies: How the Development of Physical Skills Supports Learning
Watch how the development of a baby's physical skills supports early learning.
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Development From 12 to 24 Months Old: Strong, Positive Connections and Interactions Fuel Learning
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Development From Birth to 12 Months Old: Forming a Trusting Bond to Nurture Learning
Watch how to nurture your baby from birth to 12 months, teaching them how to feel safe and secure in the world while encouraging developmentally appropriate growth.
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Power of Play: Building Skills and Having Fun
Learn how to nurture your baby's development through the power of play.
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Brain Wonders: Nurturing Healthy Brain Development from Birth
Learn what you can do in everyday moments to help your baby develop healthy brain connections.
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Literacy Skills: The Roots of Reading Start at Birth
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From Feelings to Friendships: Nurturing Healthy Social-Emotional Development in the Early Years
Learn how to support your child's relationship-building skills.
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Tantrums, Defiance, Aggression – Oh My!
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Little Kids, Big Questions: A Parenting Podcast Series
Our podcast features the leading experts in child development to cover a wide range of topics including helping a baby learn to sleep through the night, dealing with a picky eater, and learning to set limits on children’s behavior. Made possible with generous support from the MetLife Foundation.
The Role of Grandparents in Young Children’s Lives
In this podcast, Dr. Barbara Bowman talks about the important role that grandparents play in the lives of young children.
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How Babies Begin to Develop Self-Control in the First 3 Years
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The Influence of Media on Young Children’s Development
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The Influence of Fathers on Young Children’s Development
In this podcast, Dr. Kyle Pruett talks about the important and unique role fathers play in the lives of young children.
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Coping With Crying in Babies and Toddlers
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How Emotional Development Unfolds Starting at Birth
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Nurturing Brain Development From Birth to Three
Learn more about how very young children’s brains develop and how parents can help to nurture healthy brain development.
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Developing Self-Esteem in the Early Years
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How Partnering With Your Child’s Caregiver Supports Healthy Development
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How Our History Influences How We Raise Our Children
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Nurturing Healthy Eating Habits From the Start
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Everyday Routines, Extraordinary Learning
Watch and wonder at the amazing learning and bonding that takes place between parents and children during everyday play and interaction. Created in partnership between ZERO TO THREE and Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media.
A Good Fit
Watch how infants and toddlers learn through trying out their ideas, using their thinking and physical abilities to solve difficult problems.
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Building Blocks of Learning
Watch how children learn by doing and learn how to encourage your child to stick with difficult tasks, even if they are frustrating.
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Nice Catch!
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Want to parent positively?
Positive parenting is all about choices that reflect your beliefs and values as a parent, your child’s age and stage of development, and his or her temperament.