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St. Louis mom’s alternative to timeouts turns into multimillion-dollar business

Suzanne Tucker of Richmond Heights has gone global with a product close to her heart. It’s called the Time-In ToolKit.

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Reducing Toddler Tantrums

One family’s journey using time-ins to manage their toddler's big feelings, going from 33 to 3 tantrums a day in just one week.

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Types of Parenting Styles: Finding Yours and Why It Matters

There are four types of parenting styles and each impacts how your child develops. Learn which one you use and the research behind how they affect kids.

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What Co-Regulation Looks Like

A young child is so frustrated and overwhelmed that she just hit her big sister. As the adult responsible for managing this moment, how can you navigate this? Enter co-regulation.

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Examples of Positive and Negative Reinforcement: A Guide for Parents

Learn About Positive and Negative Reinforcement Parenting. Join us as we cover positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement examples.

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Six Benefits of Using Child-Led Learning

Child-led learning. The thought of it can seem downright scary. Here are six benefits of using child-led learning with your young children...

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What Two Young Boys Taught Their Grandma About Anger

I gave SnuggleBuddies to my grandsons while they were visiting for Christmas to help them learn about feelings, but what happened next surprised me.

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A Positive Classroom Environment Helps Kids Succeed In School and Life

Students who have stronger relationships with their teachers invest more time in academics, earn better grades, report being more satisfied, and behave in more prosocial ways as they transition fro...

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Enhancing Emotional Development to Treat Child Depression

A recent study shows that focusing on the parent-child relationship and enhancing emotional development may be a powerful and low-risk approach to the treatment of depression.

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Growing a Growth Mindset: The Big Life Journal

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Alex Petrou

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