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Overall Childhood Development

Cognitive Development

Getting Ready for School Begins at Birth

FAQ About Brain Development

Caring Relationships: The Heart of Early Brain Development

A Million Reasons to Learn About Baby Brain Development

Brain Wonders: Nurturing Healthy Brain Development from Birth Video

Everyday Ways to Support Your Baby’s and Toddler’s Early Learning

Spanish:

La preparacion para la escuela empieza al nacer

Formas cotidianas de apoyar el aprendizaje temprano de su bebe y nino pequeno

Video de desarrollo del cerebro

First Three Years

All Developmental Milestones

Baby Milestones Slideshow: Your Child’s First Year

Birth through Three Guide

Infant and Toddler Basics: Development During the First Three Years

Utah’s Early Learning Guidelines Birth to Age Three

Language Development

Five Ways to Build Babies’ Language and Communication Skills from Birth

Physical Development

Busy Bodies: How the Development of Physical Skills Supports Learning

Social Development

Birth to 12 Months: Social-Emotional Development

12 to 24 Months: Social-Emotional Development

24 to 36 Months: Social-Emotional Development

Nurturing Healthy Social-Emotional Development in the Early Years

Spanish:

Desde el nacimiento hasta los 12 meses: Desarrollo socioemocional

12 a 24 meses: Desarrollo socioemocional

24 a 36 meses: Desarrollo socioemocional

De los sentimientos a las amistades

Infancy & Early Childhood

Aggression

Helping Young Children Channel Their Aggression

Aggressive Behavior in Toddlers

Toddlers and Self-Control: A Survival Guide for Parents

Breathe In, Breathe Out: Managing Your Own Emotions

How I Manage My Own Emotions as a Parent

Spanish:

Como ayudar a los ninos pequenos a canalizar su agresividad

Biting

Toddlers and Biting: Finding the Right Response

Understanding and Responding to Children Who Bite

Biting Parenting Tool

Discipline

Public Displays of Disaster: What to Do When Your Child Loses It Outside the Home

Managing Your Own Emotions: The Key to Positive, Effective Parenting

Breathe In, Breathe Out: Managing Your Own Emotions

How I Manage My Own Emotions as a Parent

Toddlers and Self-Control: A Survival Guide for Parents

Baby Cues

Reading Your Child’s Cues from Birth to Age 2

Responsive Care Video

Crying

How to Stay Calm When Baby Won’t Stop Crying

Colic and Crying

Coping with Crying in Babies and Toddlers

When a Child is Inconsolable: Stay Near

Spanish: Cómo lidiar con el llanto de los bebés y niños pequeños

Defiance

Coping with Defiance: Birth to Three Years

Feeding

Healthy Mealtimes: Feeding Your Baby and Toddler Right from the Start

Getting Children to Cooperate

Tips on Helping Your Child Learn to Cooperate

Toddlers and Self-Control: A Survival Guide for Parents

Playing with Babies

Tips on Playing with Babies and Toddlers

Spanish: Sugerencias para jugar con bebes y ninos pequenos

Sick Babies

The Child Development Case for a National Paid Family and Medical Leave Program

SIDS

How to Prevent SIDS and Encourage Safe Sleep

Rock-a-Bye Right: Safe Sleep Recommendations for Babies and Toddlers

New Infant Sleep Recommendations and Strategies

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Overview

Sleeping

New Infant Sleep Recommendations and Strategies

Sleep Challenges: Why It Happens, What to Do

My Newborn Only Naps If He’s Being Held

Afraid of the Dark

How to Prevent SIDS and Encourage Safe Sleep

Rock-a-Bye Right: Safe Sleep Recommendations for Babies and Toddlers

New Infant Sleep Recommendations and Strategies

Spoiling a Baby

Parenting Myth: Can I Spoil My Baby?

Why You Can’t Spoil a Baby

Supporting Sharing

Tuning In: Supporting Sharing

Temper Tantrums

Tantrums, Defiance, Aggression – Oh My!

When Your Toddler Tantrums

Toddler Tantrums 101: Why They Happen and What You Can Do

Toddler Tantrums

The Science of Toddler Temper Tantrums

Dealing with Violent Temper Tantrums

Breathe In, Breathe Out: Managing Your Emotions

How I Manage My Own Emotions as a Parent

Toddlers and Self-Control: A Survival Guide for Parents

Temperament

Tuning Into Temperament

Frustration Temperament

Temperament: What Makes Your Child Tick Video

Temperament Video

Spanish: Tolerancia de las frustraciones

Trauma and Stress

Supporting Young Children Experiencing Separation and Trauma

Parenting Help

Balancing Work and Parenting

The Child Development Case for a National Paid Family and Medical Leave Program

Parenting Resources

Family Tools

National Parent Survey

Health & Parenting Guide

Health & Baby Guide

All Developmental Milestones

Self Care for Parents

Breathe In, Breathe Out: Managing Your Own Emotions

How I Manage My Own Emotions as a Parent

Self Care Video