Amanda Bueno

Sometimes toddler behavior can appear puzzling , it seems like a child is being ‘naughty’ and we can get driven to our wits end trying to change their behaviours with time outs, sticker charts and so on. Frequently it is our own behaviours or to put it clearer it is what is going on in the child’s system and family that is causing a child’s ‘naughty’ times. It is important to attempt to understand what a child’s behavior is actually saying. Young children ( and many adults) a

Are the terrible two’s actually so terrible or is your child struggling to find ways to express him/herself and become more independent? Many of us fall into the trap of micro managing our children. We leave work and they become our new project. We monitor their every waking or sleeping moment busily comparing them against other children. We measure, weigh, log and buy baby books crammed full of advice without really consciously considering who the advice came from. I recal