Kids' Health and Wellness

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Two-Handed Approach to Better Behavior

Balancing warmth and discipline helps children learn boundaries while maintaining trust. When all caregivers do both, kids get structure without losing connection.

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Handling Temper Tantrums

Temper tantrums are as common as sunshine and rain. When dealing with tantrums, remember to think about the long term consequences to your response.

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Taking Turns Builds Trust

Having children take turns leading and following with a parent helps them feel safe giving up control, learn cooperation, and develop positive social skills that carry into friendships.

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Understanding Aggression in Children

Aggression in children can be caused by an inability to communicate an emotion or a need. Making sure that you clearly respond without anger is really important because that only teaches them to continue to respond in that way.

A System of Pediatric Care

As a dedicated pediatric health system that includes New Hampshire's only children's hospital, we have the widest breadth of pediatric services available in the region.