How To Handle Sibling Rivalry: When Toddler Bashes Baby (or Preschooler Bashes Toddler)

Shawn poses as this unassuming urban Dad who backpacks around with his two young kids while his wife toils away at a high-powered job. But in reality, he’s scary-smart, this close to getting his PhD at Stanford, in philosophy — of all things. He can write (and backpack) circles around me, and in the couple more »

Sibling Rivalry is Alive and Well

Of the tons of emailed questions you’ve sent me, one main theme is coming through loud and clear: SIBLING RIVALRY. Dear BabyShrink, I thought our five-year-old daughter Emma was doing great with her baby brother, but she has hit him twice. His cries of distress alerted me to what was going on. I want to more »