Teach Infants and Toddlers To Problem-Solve Using 4 Simple (but Brilliant) Techniques

As a new parent or provider, you probably aren't thinking about teaching your infant problem-solving skills, but you are.

You're helping them shape their approach to everything as they watch you go about your day, dealing with life.

Your interactions with them during this crucial period of development mean so much.

Most people want their children to grow up solving their own problems non-violently. The alternative is frightening. Yet infants and toddlers seem so vulnerable that we naturally want to solve every problem for them.

The trick is to gradually teach them to solve their own. It sounds daunting, but it's easier than it looks, and we've broken it down into 4 simple techniques that you'll have fun doing.

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Nanci J Bradley is an early childhood and family educator, author, teacher, family aerobics instructor, and an all-around fun-loving person. She believes in the power of sleep, healthy eating, lifelong learning, and most of all, PLAY! (click on the word) She studied early childhood ed at Triton College and received her BS in education in 1986 from NIU. She received her MA in human development from Pacific Oaks College in 2011. She lives and teaches in Madison WI.

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