If your little learner falls apart when things get hard, it's not their personality, it's a skill gap. BCBA Sarah Welsh explains frustration tolerance, learned helplessness, and why the best thing you can do is step back.

You've probably seen your child’s teacher sitting on the floor, following a toddler around, building block towers and narrating snack time. And you might wonder: is this actually doing anything? The answer is yes. In this Tiny Bites, BCBA Sarah Welsh explains Natural Environment Teaching, the research-backed reason your child's playtime is doing more work than any worksheet!

You decided it was time to ditch the pacifier. Maybe another kid at daycare didn't have one anymore, maybe grandma said it was time. But before you take it away, do you know what it's actually doing for your child? In this Tiny Bites, Sarah Welsh, BCBA, breaks down why the pacifier isn't the problem. It might actually be the thing keeping your toddler from biting their friends!

Your toddler isn't biting at daycare because they're bad.

They're biting because they're standing at the edge of a gap and they don't have the skills to get to the other side yet.

Joint attention. Expressive language. The ability to wait. Spatial awareness. These are the exact skills standing between your child and a very different outcome.

Every single one of them can be taught and built with a little help!

Biting in toddlers isn't random. It has a function, and when you know what that function is, you can actually do something about it. Our latest post breaks it all down — including what a really good conversation with your director should look like.

My Toddler Got Kicked Out of Daycare — What Should I Do Next?

Handling the whiplash of having your little one asked to leave their childcare center.

My child is barely talking and they’re already getting expelled?