Today’s Ask Dr.Mom is all about the dreaded tantrum. We have all found ourselves in the midst of this great storm at one time or another, and unfortunately toddlers aren’t the only ones prone to them. One reader had this question: Dear Dr.Mom Is it normal for a five year old to have tantrums? –Joey…
Category Archives: Kindergarten
Boys Will Be Boys?
This is more of a question than a statement. As mother to a newly crowned six year old, this popular refrain weighs heavily on my mind. I had never given the notion that “boys will be boys” much credence. It’s a sentiment I’d often hear from parents observing their own boys pushing or shoving each…
What My Kindergartner Wants to Know
We’re barely two weeks in to Kindergarten and we’ve already had back to school night, mastered the crazy morning drop off, had the first (of many, I’m sure) vomiting episodes and thus a first absence, and now…well, the sheer volume of questions has my head spinning. If Big Brother had to raise his hand for every…
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