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Handling the Toddler Meltdown
Throwing fits always seems to bring out the worst in kids.
Melissa Treacy graduated summa cum laude from Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She worked for three years with Montgomery Newspapers, as a reporter and then managing editor for the Spring-Ford Reporter and Valley Item. She then worked for Broad Street Publishing, as an executive editor for My Community Trend, a Sunday suburban insert to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
She currently enjoys editing her sites, working with her awesome Patch co-workers and spending time with her family.
Throwing fits always seems to bring out the worst in kids.
This week's column looks at how parents can try and combat children's meltdowns
Mom has to teach life's tough—but necessary—lessons when her child's tantrum goes nuclear.
Every parent fears the tsunami-sized tantrum that is the Meltdown.
Mom has to teach life's tough—but necessary—lessons when her child's tantrum goes nuclear.
It's kids' nefarious secret weapon ...
Parent-to-parent advice on the grocery store trip.
One reader asks Melissa about keeping her child calm in the checkout lines.
This week's Moms Talk answers a Willow Grove mom's question about how to keep her children from begging at the checkout line.
One reader asks Melissa about keeping her child calm in the checkout lines.
Sending the kids to bed can be a nightly challenge.
Learn one mom's great idea for dealing with little ones who just have to have that toy/book/candy right now.
Bedtime can be one of the toughest challenges of parenting
Bedtime can be one of the toughest challenges of parenting.
Toddler tries anything to avoid the nightly snooze
How can you effectively discipline your child?
Bored stares out the window have been purged from the modern road trip experience.
This week, a mom asks if she and her husband are finding the right level of punishments for their son's actions.