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About Karen Deerwester
Karen is the founder and CEO of Family Time, Inc., a Parent Educator and Early Childhood Specialist. Karen has supported thousands of parents in their efforts to build great foundations for children since 1985, through classes, seminars, and one-on-one coaching. Karen is uniquely committed to helping parents become problem solvers in the large and small questions that arise when "living with children."

How-to Videos
  • Potty Training Boys
  • Stop the whining!!
  • Advice on Bed Wetting
  • Ready to Potty Train?
  • Positive Potty Environment
  • Average Age of Potty Training
  • Ask Karen

    Infants
  • Cries when tired
  • Cries during bath
  • Whining

    Parenting Toddlers

  • Young bully
  • Working moms and Daycare
  • Trusting the caregiver
  • Toddlers hits younger sibling
  • Cried at preschool
  • Biting
  • Misbehavior
  • Overactive toddlers
  • Child prefers mom
  • Ready for daycare
  • Mom working fulltime
  • Thumb sucking
  • Active, curious toddler
  • Stopping pinching
  • Whining
  • Creative play
  • Diaper change
  • Teething and sleep
  • Showering with dad
  • Sleeping through the night
  • Hungry at night
  • Falling asleep on her own
  • Needs mom after bedtime
  • Child prefers caregiver
  • Ready for potty training
  • Potty training regression
  • Potty training regression 2
  • Resisting potty training
  • Aggressive behavior
  • Preschool behavior
  • Not talking
  • Teaching quiet behavior

    Teenagers
  • Dating
  • Online chatting
  • Parenting Children
  • Behavior at school
  • Tantrum in restaurant
  • Siblings at the same daycare
  • Behavior at school
  • Lies about school
  • Child hits mother
  • 'Needy' behavior
  • Friend doesn't want to play
  • Music lessons
  • 4-year-old lying
  • Toddler says No
  • Grumpy behavior
  • An unhappy child
  • Sleeping alone
  • Creating a playroom
  • How much homework?
  • Learning to read
  • Behavior issues vs. ADHD
  • Inappropriate touching
  • Sleepovers
  • Getting teased at school
  • Talking about puberty
  • Afterschool childcare
  • Dropping off at daycare
  • Explaining the facts of life
  • Positive discipline
  • Helping with schoolwork
  • Child has problems sleeping alone
  • School uniforms
  • Childhood friendships

    Family Issues
  • Step-children acting out
  • Multi-lingual home
  • Becoming a working mom
  • Dealing with guilt about caregivers
  • Shared parenting
  • Bilingual home
  • Finding time for it all
  • Co-parenting
  • Feeling jealous
  • Parental fighting
  • When Mom loses control
  • Disagreements about kissing
  • Son showers with dad
  • Step-sisters fighting
  • Single parent dating
  • Respect and stepfamilies
  • Stepfamily discipline issues
  • Dealing with a family death
  • Sibling rivalry
  • Grumpy evening behavior
  • Stepfamily discipline
  • Differing parenting styles