General Behavior in Toddlers and Preschoolers - Free Parenting Resources

Tips on helping your child develop good self-esteem.

Learn to use the "Nurture and Control" approach to lead your children in getting along with others.

Tips to encourage positive behavior.

What children learn as they play.

Three types of play that help children.

Good self-esteem is as important as good nutrition, good health, and more important than making good grades.

Tips for teaching responsibility to kids.

How to encourage the behavior you want, and discourage the behavior you don't want.

Tips to end the arguing and get them to play nice.

Sibling Rivalry may be inevitable, but there are still ways to get our kids to show a little respect for one another.

Parenting and Child Development Fact Sheets & Bulletins with titles such as “Parenting the First Year,” and “Tackling the Bullying Issue.” All sheets are also available in Spanish.

“101 Tips for Improving Children’s Behavior.”  Features 101 articles with titles such as “9 Ways to Positively Cope with Difficult Behavior,” “Surviving the Break-Up (separation and divorce),"  “Bedwetting,” and “I Caught them Playing Doctor.”

HandInHand.org offers free parenting podcasts on topics such as bonding with your new baby, support for new dads, recovering from a difficult birth, and helping your baby with colic.  The site also has a number of parenting articles that focus on developing a stronger emotional connection with you child and developing a better family life as a result.

An on-line short course on anger in parent-child relationships from Kansas State University. 

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From the US Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Service Administration, this guide lists the characteristics of children who bully and helps parents deal with a child who bullies.

How to encourage positive behavior, tips for using "time out" and stopping misbehavior.

“Believe it or not, there are ways to tuck in a tired toddler without it turning into a power struggle.”

Anger Management tools for kids, parents, couples, and more.  Kid-friendly  videos and articles, and detailed information for parents.