When you have a newborn there’s lots of info available on ages, stages and milestones, but once your child gets older it becomes harder to know what’s reasonable to expect from your ever-changing little ones. We asked local counselor Christine Kutzner to give us a reality check and let us know what kids of different ages are up to developmentally. She started with two-year-olds and this month she’s moving on to three-year-olds.

Here at Evolved Parenting, we often get letters from parents asking exactly how to implement positive disciplining techniques when their children seem to repeat the same negative behaviours. While parents say they like the positive messages in Evolved Parenting they aren’t sure how to make them an everyday reality. So we’ve put together some quick tips on implementing positive disciplining techniques that will encourage self-discipline and self-esteem in your child(ren).