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Dealing With Nightmares in Children

Nightmares are fairly common in young children, decreasing in amount as a child ages. During the early years, when nightmares are common, parents can be frustrated trying to deal with fears and loss of sleep. However, children need to be moved past a nightmare very carefully.
For a young child there is very little separating [...]

When All You Hear Are Complaints

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Recently my oldest son hit a phase we like to call the “Haters club”. He is solidly determined to dislike at least one thing about everything that anyone does, says, or offers. It seemed like every time he opened his mouth it was only to let out yet another complaint about the [...]