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In my last article, I shared what parents should know about sibling rivalry and how it can manifest in different children. Here are some suggestions I have shared with parents over the years to help ease and manage sibling rivalry between children. 1. Space your children, if possible, three years apart. This gives one child enough time to

Sibling rivalry is found everywhere in nature. For example: baby sharks will ingest one another in utero until the last and largest one is left standing. Baby birds may toss siblings out of the nest to ensure their food supply. And, we are all familiar with Darwin’s survival of the fittest as a natural struggle for food and other resources that are

In my upcoming book How to Build your Baby’s Brain, I tell parents about the developmental stages of childhood, so that they can positively affect them. You can only have reasonable expectations from a child that is capable of meeting those developmental markers. So when it comes to discipline, know your child, and consider his age when

Remember when your mom scolded you, and right there, in that moment, you promised yourself that you would never do that to your child? And then, you did. That’s because in everyone’s life, from birth-to-death, there are only two people: mom and dad. And, all of your emotional interactions are based on those early patterns

Doctors today have documented evidence to demonstrate that grieving can, in fact, make children sick. Health issues such as skin problems, cardiovascular disease and even cancer can often track their onset to a painful event translated as grief. Traumatic loss is so abhorrent to the mind that children often have difficulty coping. Children today have