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N [Top]Nail biting, habit reversal training Negative, stubborn toddler * New father, concerns father's role * New mother, concerns appearance, fatigue, pain support and emotions working outside the home * Newborn colic brief version * complete version first weeks at home * reflexes and behavior, normal * sibling rivalry with * Night terrors * Nightmares * NLD (nonverbal learning disability) Nonverbal learning disability (NLD) Normal behavior in children and teens Nursery school, resource list Nutrition -- See DietO [Top]
Obesity -- See Overweight
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
overview
resource list
OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)
Only child in family, resource list
Oppositional defiant disorder
Overweight
body mass index (BMI), chart for calculating *
overeating in infants and toddlers *
resource list
weight reduction
parent version *
teen version
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[Top]Pacifiers for babies Panic attacks Panic disorder Parental relationships, resource list Parenting adoption anger management communicating with teens day care, helping your child adjust divorce, helping children cope * leaving children home alone mother working outside the home, advice for * moving, helping child adjust new father new mother normal behavior in children and teens preparing for adolescence preventing sleep problems (6 months to 2 years) * preventing sleep problems (birth to 6 months) * problems of early parenthood remarriage, helping children cope resource lists divorce family relationships general moving parental relationships sibling of newborn working parents sex education for young children sexually abused child sibling rivalry with newborn * single parenting stepparenting talking about drinking and drugs talking about mental illness talking about sex toddler discipline toy safety child (age 6 to 9 years) infant (0 to 18 months) preschooler (3 to 6 years) toddler (age 18 months to 3 years) Peer pressure Pelvic area, illustration female * male * Pervasive developmental disorder Asperger syndrome autism * childhood disintegrative disorder overview * resource list Rett's disorder Pets benefits and concerns death of, resource list mistreating Phonological disorder Physical abuse (see also Sexual abuse) effects of family violence on children overview parenting sexually abused child Physical disability, resource list Physical fighting and spitting Physical punishment * Physician visits comforting your child making visits easier resource list Pica Play independent play social play toy safety and materials child (age 6 to 9 years) infant (0 to 18 months) preschooler (3 to 6 years) toddler (age 18 months to 3 years) Play therapy Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Pregnancy, teen Preschool preparing for the first day resource list Prevention aggressive behavior sleep problems, 6 months to 2 years * sleep problems, infant * spoiled children Pseudostuttering * Psychological evaluation and testing Psychotherapy cognitive-behavioral exposure and response prevention family how to choose a therapist music play treatment options PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Public places rules and discipline for misbehavior teaching good behaviorQ [Top]
Quality time with your child Quarrels, siblingR [Top]
R-rated movies Reactive attachment disorder Reading selecting books (based on age) suggested reading activities Reading disability (see also Learning disabilities) dyslexia resource list Rebellion, adolescent * Recognizing drug abuse in kids Redirecting a child's activities Relationships and teens Remarriage helping children cope stepparenting Resource list adjusting to school adoption anger attention deficit disorder autism bed-wetting blanket/toy attachment child abuse crying baby death death of a grandparent death of a parent death of pet depression developmental disabilities dishonesty divorce doctor visits eating disorders entering school family relationships fear of animals fear of storms fear of the dark fear of water fears, general friends, dilemmas friends, imaginary friends, making gifted child grandparents hearing loss jealousy middle sibling moving only child overweight child parental relationships parenting physical disability preschool reading disability self-esteem separation anxiety sex education sharing short height shyness sibling of newborn sibling rivalry sleep problems speech problems stepparenting substance abuse tall height thumbsucking toilet training working parents youngest sibling Restaurant, with a baby Rett's disorder Rewards for motivating children Routine, keeping when a child is seriously ill Rumination disorderS [Top]
Safety
Internet
misbehavior
toy
child (age 6 to 9 years)
infant (0 to 18 months)
preschooler (3 to 6 years)
toddler (age 18 months to 3 years)
Schizophrenia in children and teens
School
(see also Learning disabilities)
adjusting
cheating
homework problems (underachiever) *
learning disabilities
phobia *
preparing for the first day
resource list
adjusting
entering
preschool and kindergarten
responsibility for schoolwork *
special-needs children
Screaming and shouting
Selective mutism
Self-calming skills
infant, how to test
toddler, teaching
Self-control
Self-esteem
guidelines for raising a child's self-esteem
resource list
teens
Self-harming behaviors in children and teens
Separation anxiety
preventing
resource list
Sex education
for young children
homosexuality
resource list
setting limits on sexual behavior
talking about HIV
talking with your teen
Sexual abuse
overview
parenting sexually abused child
protecting children
complete version
Sexual behavior, setting limits
Sharing, resource list
Shyness
fear of talking (selective mutism)
resource list
social anxiety disorder
Sibling
(see also Sibling rivalry)
fighting
mistreating
of newborn
resource list
rivalry *
while mother is in hospital
quarrels
Sibling rivalry
resource list
with newborn *
Single parenting
Sleep
increased during illness *
normal sleep in children
overview of sleep disorders
prevention of problems 6 months to 2 years *
prevention of problems birth to 6 months *
problems
bedtime refusal *
colic
brief version *
complete version
night terrors *
nightmares *
resource list
sleepwalking *
Sleepwalking *
Smearing of fecal material
Smoking
Social anxiety disorder
Social phobia
Social play
Soiling
diary for data collection
chart
text
from constipation (toilet-trained child) *
from stool holding (not toilet trained) *
toilet training resistance or refusal *
without constipation *
Spanking *
Special-needs children and school
Speech problems
book list
communication disorders
speech and language disorders
stuttering *
Spending quality time with your child
Spitting
Spoiled children, prevention of
Sports and children
Stealing
conduct disorder
general guidelines
Stepparenting
general guidelines
Stools
(see also Soiling)
smearing of
Storms, fear of, resource list
Stress
adjustment disorder
overview
post-traumatic stress disorder
Stubborn toddler *
Stuttering
book list
overview *
Substance abuse
cocaine
recognizing abuse in kids
resource list
teenage drinking
tobacco and smoking
treatment
Suicide
overview
resource list
Swearing
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Talking
about drinking and drugs
about HIV
about mental illness
about sex
communication with your child
communication with your teen
fear of (selective mutism)
Teen drinking
Teen driving
Teen pregnancy
Teens
adolescent rebellion *
bedwetting (enuresis)
communication
coping with the death of a loved one
drinking
driving
guns
headaches
healthy diet
healthy love relationships
homosexuality
oppositional defiant disorder
pregnancy
preparation for parents
self-esteem
talking about HIV
talking about sex
tobacco and smoking
treatment for substance abuse
weight reduction
Television
movies, fear from
reducing the negative impact *
Temper tantrums
overview *
teaching your child coping skills
Testing an infant's self-calming skills
Therapy
cognitive-behavioral
exposure and response prevention
family
how to choose a therapist
music
play
treatment options
Threats
responding to threats and hurtful comments
Thumbsucking
book list
general guidelines *
habit reversal training
Tic disorders
Tics
habit reversal training
overview
Tourette's syndrome
Tight tongue *
Time-out
guidelines when time-out doesn't seem to be working *
technique for discipline *
Tobacco and smoking
Toddler discipline
Toilet training
(see also Bed-wetting; Soiling)
basics *
problems, prevention of
resistance or refusal *
resource list
Tongue-tie *
Tourette's syndrome
habit reversal training
overview
Toy
(see also Play)
attachment, resource list
safety and materials
child (age 6 to 9 years)
infant (0 to 18 months)
preschooler (3 to 6 years)
toddler (age 18 months to 3 years)
Train travel, with a baby
Travel
with a baby
with children
Treatment options
Trichotillomania, habit reversal training
Twitches
habit reversal training
Tic disorders
Tourette's syndrome
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Video games Violent behavior family violence oppositional defiant disorderW [Top]
Water, fear of, resource list Weaning, reluctance or resistance * Web-surfing safety Weight overeating in infants and toddlers * Weight reduction parent version * resource list teen version Wetting nighttime brief parent version * teen version toilet training resistance or refusal * Whining Working mother * Working parents, resource list World Wide Web safety for kids Written expression disorder
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