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Choosing a preschool: What should you look for?

We're thinking about putting our child in preschool two or three days a week. There are so many options to choose from, and it's hard to know who we can trust. What should we look for in choosing a suitable preschool or play group for our daughter?
 

Dealing with your baby's separation anxiety

Our baby seems to be suffering from severe separation anxiety. If we put him down for five minutes he starts to scream uncontrollably. Rocking, soothing, noise makers, sleeping with us – nothing seems to help. My wife has been forced to take him to work with her, but she can’t get anything accomplished. What’s the answer?

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Finding the right babysitter for your family

Written by Gwen Edwards

Our babysitter had summed up the previous evening with our kids in the usual way: Everything was fine. That’s why my five-year-old daughter’s question the next morning literally stopped me in my tracks.

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When friends have an aggressive preschooler

Our best friends have a preschooler about the same age as our children. This boy is habitually mean and aggressive around our kids. We try to keep visits short and supervised, but inevitably one of our children ends up getting kicked or whacked. How do we put a stop to this without offending our friends?

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The scary movie and its sequel, sleeplessness

A couple of weeks ago we checked out a “kids’ movie” from our library that turned out to be very scary. Ever since then our preschooler has been hysterical at bedtime.

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