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Books by Karen
The Entitlement-Free Child
The Potty Training Answer Book
The Playskool Guide to Potty Training
Online Classes
Family Time At-Home
ZOOM Potty Training
ZOOM Parenting in CRAZY Times
Consulting
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Childhood
Toddler Tyrants: Understanding “Mine”
Setting limits: first act with love
Teaching Independence: Baby Steps and Giant Leaps
Potty training do’s and don’ts
Potty Training Basics: readiness!
Potty Training Partners: Putting the Fun back into Potty Learning
Potty Training: Know Yourself – Know Your Child
Benefits of dirt and mud play
Tantrums and Fairy Dust: find the magic in big emotions
Powerful Fearless Girls
Everyday Math
A Boredom Jar
To share or not to share: learning social skills
Calm teaches calm: what to do when your child drives you crazy
The Challenge of the Power Struggle
Parenting Improv – it’s ok to suck on those nothing-goes-as-planned days
Transitions and New Beginnings
Personality at birth: connecting to your child’s individual temperament
How to Say Good Bye to a Goldfish
Fill your child’s bucket every day with love, acceptance and pride
Broccoli or Goldfish? Empathy in Toddlers
Risk-Taking in a World of “Watch out!” and “Be Careful!”
Potty Training Basics: fear of pooping and withholding poop
Parenting 101: welcoming baby #2 without guilt
See Me Hear Me Love Me: the cornerstone of all development
Hitting, Biting, Pushing…Oh My!
Thanksgiving Dinner: a comedy of manners
Social-Emotional Skill Building: teaching young children to say what they need
Family Time 2021 Toy Favorites for babies and toddlers
Night time parenting tips for sleep deprived families
Fear and reason in toddler imagination
Halloween and the power of pretend play
A Few Favorite Monster Books
Children’s Books that Soothe and Seethe: Supporting Emotional Development
Friendships in early childhood: do’s and don’ts for parents
Trust Us: how and why parents can trust teachers for back-to-school
Back to school: preschool hello’s, good bye’s, and mommy comes back
You are smarter than your child…Really!
Parenting Promise for 2021: to be braver, stronger, smarter than you think
5 Tips on how to teach optimism and resilience
10 tips how to handle night time opposition and power struggles
Toy Buying for Real Kids
Favorite toys for 2018 holiday shopping
2017 Toy Shopping Favs for Toddlers
Top Toy Picks of 2016
Children’s amazing brains: playing, learning, thinking, growing
How to build attention and focus skills to kids in a multi-tasking world
Use Your Words: the toddler language explosion
Limit setting: 5 tips for those times when good parenting isn’t fun
Beware of quick fixes: real learning takes time
Monsters: Good and Bad
Back-to-School: 5 ways preschools give children exactly what they need
Teach by example even if you are less than perfect
Is Santa Claus real?
Are You Stuffed with Too Much Stuff?
Back to school: the power of a backpack
Back-to-school: Social-emotional readiness
Consistency: Myth or Virtue?
Learning means find the edges!
Discipline part 2: rules and routines that guide and teach
for parents: Hands Up and ride the roller coaster
Entitlement-Free Family: parenting in public
Discipline part 1: how to manage challenging behavior
Don’t be afraid of childhood fears
Relaxation for Children
Outer Spaces for Kids
Your Child’s Atelier
A stress free transition to kindergarten
Potty Training Basics: how to handle children’s fears during potty training
Teaching social skills: hitting, biting, pushing – oh my!
December Stress: 5 Minutes of Christmas Joy Every Day
The Art of Giving
Never Too Young for Philanthropy
Family Time for the Holidays
Family Mealtime: The Recipe for Healthy Kids
Starry Starry Night
Singing in the Rain
Laughter
Love Letters: First Writing Experiences
Avoid the holiday gimme’s: raise a happy holiday giver
Parenting 101: happy meals or how can I get my child to eat?
Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees: talking to kids about money
Listening games for toddlers and preschoolers