Raising Your Children
By Apply Now, About.com Guide to Stay-at-Home Parents
As children grow and mature, their development progresses in stages the present unique challenges to the stay-at-home parent. For this reason, the resources below are categorized by age, allowing you to seek the information and guidance necessary to adapt and respond to your child's changing needs, desires, and behaviors.
Babies and Toddlers
Bringing your baby home is the beginning of your exciting and difficult journey as a stay-at-home parent. Use these resources to address your child's needs from their first diaper change to their assension to walking, talking toddlerhood.
- What Should Be in My Diaper Bag?
- Top 10 Tips to Green Your Baby
- Tyrant Toddler Behavior
- Car Seat Crying
- Stop the Diaper Changing Battles
- Converting a Picky Eater
- Bedtime Resistance Remedy
- How to Brush Baby Teeth
- How Do I Start Potty-Training My Toddler?
Preschoolers
Is your child ready for early education? The tips and guidance you'll find here will help you navigate your child's ducation options and behavioral issues.
- Preventing Temper Tantrums
- Early Education Options
- Dealing with a Tattle Tale
- Amazing Grace: Tips for Teaching Manners
- Coping with Nightmares and Night Terror
- Preparing for Preschool
- Top 10 Tips to Make Potty Training a Success
- Truth and Consequences--Why Preschoolers Lie
- Lunch Ideas for Preschoolers
School Age Children
You'll find the resources below handy guides for negotiating the life of your elementary school child, whether he's entering kindergarten or she's celebrating double digits.
- When to Leave Children Home Alone
- Get the Most Out of Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Make Your Child Bully Proof
- How Parents Can Help with Homework
- Too Sick for School?
- Top 7 Tips for Disciplining Your Grade-Schooler
- Age-Appropriate Chores for Kids
- Bedwetting: How You Can Help
- All About Summer Camp
- Raising an Eager Reader
Tweens
Face the body changes, difficult discussions, and rebellious behavior accompanying puberty with the help of these how-tos, tips, and guides, straight from the pen of parents and experts.
- How to Talk to Your Preteen About Sex
- Is Your Home Tween Proof?
- 10 Tactics Parents Use to Stay Involved
- Talking to Tweens About Puberty
- The Truth About Tween Dating
- The Secrets to Managing a Moody Tween
- How to Find the Right Extracurricular Activities for Your Tween
- Ending Tween Back Talk
- How to Combat Peer Pressure
- Help Teens and Tweens Feel Good About Their Bodies
Teens
From drugs to driving to communicating with dear old dad, the information you'll find here will help you to guide your child from puberty to young adulthood.