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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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Toddlerhood
Calm teaches calm: what to do when your child drives you crazy
Tantrums and Fairy Dust: find the magic in big emotions
Fill your child’s bucket every day with love, acceptance and pride
Potty training do’s and don’ts
Family Time Toy Shopping Faves for 2022
Favorite toys for 2018 holiday shopping
Children’s amazing brains: playing, learning, thinking, growing
How to Say Good Bye to a Goldfish
Parenting 101: welcoming baby #2 without guilt
Use Your Words: the toddler language explosion
Back to school: preschool hello’s, good bye’s, and mommy comes back
6 tips to help toddlers and preschoolers with powerful feelings and emotions
Back-to-school: Social-emotional readiness
Friendships in early childhood: do’s and don’ts for parents
Toddler Shock: where is my sweet, cooperative, easy-going child?
Children’s Books that Soothe and Seethe: Supporting Emotional Development
Setting limits: first act with love
Benefits of dirt and mud play
Everyday Math
To share or not to share: learning social skills
Parenting Improv – it’s ok to suck on those nothing-goes-as-planned days
Personality at birth: connecting to your child’s individual temperament
Risk-Taking in a World of “Watch out!” and “Be Careful!”
Potty Training Basics: fear of pooping and withholding poop
Fear and reason in toddler imagination
Halloween and the power of pretend play
Back-to-School: 5 ways preschools give children exactly what they need
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
How to build attention and focus skills to kids in a multi-tasking world
Limit setting: 5 tips for those times when good parenting isn’t fun
Beware of quick fixes: real learning takes time
Are You Stuffed with Too Much Stuff?
Back to school: the power of a backpack
Consistency: Myth or Virtue?
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
Time to play and the fun of independent play
Relaxation for Children
Outer Spaces for Kids
Your Child’s Atelier
Potty Training Basics: how to handle children’s fears during potty training
Teaching social skills: hitting, biting, pushing – oh my!
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?
Listening games for toddlers and preschoolers