Yesterday, I offered 3 tips for helping your child overcome his or her fears of the dark. Today I would like to discuss three more.

If you have lullabies or other soothing music that can help your child fall asleep more easily, put the music in a CD player, turn it on very softly and leave it on repeat, so should she wake up frightened in the middle of the night, she will have her comforting music to lull her back to sleep. If your... more

Any parent can tell you the woes of getting a child to bed...especially one who does not want to be there or stay there. "Mah-ahm (spoken in two elongated pitches), I'm thirsty," "Mom, I need to go to the bathroom", or "Mom, I need the hall light on". The list can seem endless at the end of a long day when you just want the little ones in bed so you can have some time for yourself.

Over on the adoptive parenting blog, Theresa wrote about afterschool... more