Preschool Development Ages 3–5: What Children Really Need
I have spent a significant portion of my professional life in schools. I have observed hundreds of children making the…
The Question Behind the Question: How to Really Listen When Young Children Talk to You
A four-year-old asked me once: “Do worms have feelings?” We were in the garden. She had found a worm, and…
Why Your Child Lies — and What It Actually Means About Their Development
The biscuit tin was open. The biscuits were fewer. There was chocolate on a small face. And the small person…
The Potty Training Wars: Why Everything You’ve Been Told Has a Time Limit — and What Actually Works
The grandmother was very clear about the timeline. Her children had been potty trained by eighteen months, she said. All…
Starting School Is Not a Milestone. It’s a Transition — And Your Child Needs You to Know the Difference.
Every September, I watch the same scene play out in school corridors across the country. A small child, four or…
What School Readiness Really Means Before Starting School
Every September, I watch the same scene play out in school corridors across the country. A small child, four or…
Your Toddler Is Not Giving You a Hard Time. They Are Having a Hard Time.
It was a Tuesday afternoon. A mother came into my office looking the way parents look when they have not…
The First Three Years Are Not About Teaching. They’re About Something Else Entirely.
Every week, at least one parent sits across from me and asks some version of the same question. Should we…
The Word That Runs Your Household — Why Your Toddler Says No to Everything (And Why That’s Good News)
It starts small. A refusal of the green cup — just the green one, for reasons that will never be…
Every Morning Is a Battle — How to Handle Separation Anxiety at Daycare
Seven forty-five in the morning. You are dressed, the bag is packed, the snack is in the lunchbox. You are…
