Q: My newly minted 3-year-old won't sleep in his bed. We have tried everything. He has also started not wanting to be alone in a room if he's playing. This seems like separation anxiety, and I'm not ...

Depending on age, children require between 9 and 16 hours of sleep a night (though the higher end of that scale is for babies under a year old). But ensuring that they consistently get as much as they ...

Here are five hacks to effectively use a sticker chart to improve your child's behaviour. While a sticker chart won’t completely eliminate undesirable child behaviour, they are effective – if you use ...

After working with thousands of families over my years as a family psychologist, I’ve found that one of the most common predicaments parents face is how to get kids to do what they’re asked. And one ...

It was the third day of summer break when I wrestled my 5-year-old off my 3-year-old for the 30th time and realized with exasperation that something had to change if we were all going to survive the ...

Throughout my years of seeing clients, I often suggested that parents use a sticker chart in order to motivate a child to change his or her behavior. Many times, parents have responded negatively to ...