When the child is crying, first try to calm yourself. Take a deep breath go to the children and try to calm them without shouting. Sometimes a little silence can also give relief to the child.

Grandma is skeptical of parents not picking up their crying 2-year-old so she stops asking her pre-school teacher to pick her ...

Telling an upset child to “stop crying” might seem like a well-meaning attempt to soothe them and quickly restore a sense of peace to the situation. But a leading family psychotherapist has ...