Claudia Murdoch, a writer and lawyer, lives in New York City with her husband and sons.
It's a top fear of exhausted parents of newborns: What if I wind up with an "active" toddler? Will it spell the death of my social life? My marriage? My sleep? My collection of formal china? While temperament is largely inborn, there are many ways parents can encourage calm behavior and channel "active" toddlers' energy in constructive and appropriate directions. For starters, parents absolutely MUST model calm behavior as much as they can. This is the single greatest way in which a parent can help his or her child to develop a calm demeanor. Parents should do whatever they can to help the...
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