The Difficult and Delightful Behavior of Toddlers September 15, 2008

The talk, Dealing with the Difficult and Delightful Behavior of Toddlers, is presented by Bay Area Birth Information (BABI) Peninsula Chapter. BABI offers this talk free to the public.

BABI is a not-for-profit that promotes awareness of evidence-based care and options in order to reduce unnecessary birth interventions, improve breastfeeding success rates, and preserve healthy mother/baby/family attachments.

BABI is also hosting Meet BABI Peninsula 2008, Empowered Parents, Healthy Families. It takes place on September 27, 2008, 11am-4pm, at the Downtown Redwood City Library, 1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood City. Go here for more information: http://bayareabirthinfo.org/meetbabi_2008.htm

Dealing with the Difficult and Delightful Behavior of Toddlers takes a look at some of the typical behaviors of toddlers: where they come from and ways to respond. "Just what is my toddler trying to tell me when he yells, "NO" or "Me do it!" all the time?" "Why does he grab toys and shout 'Mine!'?" "What are tantrums about and how can I handle them?" "Why is she the world's sweetest child one minute and a terror the next?"

We will also look at the particular challenges for parents of toddlers: How can we take care of ourselves while also taking care of our toddlers?

About the Speaker

Janis Keyser is the co-author of the acclaimed book, Becoming the Parent You Want to Be: A Sourcebook of Strategies for the First Five Years.

Janis is also a teacher, parent educator, program director and speaker who specializes in Early Childhood Development. She teaches full time in the Early Childhood Education Department at Cabrillo College and has been conducting parenting workshops for over 20 years. She is a nationally recognized speaker at parenting, family and child development conferences. She lives in Santa Cruz, California and is the mother of three, stepmother of five, grandmother of twelve, and the great-grandmother of four.

No charge.

Official Website: http://www.bayareabirthinfo.org