September 7, 2023
If you have a strong-willed toddler, you know bed time can be a challenge. Explore these tips to helping your toddler stay in bed.
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Sometimes, it can feel like bedtime is biggest battle in your family. If you’re like me, you probably want to build a strong foundation of discipline. But you also want to maintain warmth and love.
The keys to getting your toddler to stay in his or her bed are consistency and consequences.
Here are some tips that might help you with a strong-willed toddler.
For more advice about how to make sure your toddler can stay in bed and parenting strong-willed toddlers, check out resources here.
Vice President, Parenting and Youth
Dr. Huerta oversees Focus’ initiatives that equip mothers and fathers with biblical and research based principles and guidance for raising healthy, resilient children rooted in a thriving faith in Christ.
Dr. Huerta is a bilingual psychologist, licensed clinical social worker, author of 7 Traits of Effective Parenting, and co-author of Focus on the Family’s Age and Stage resource, and various other resources. He is also the co-host and expert on the Focus on Parenting and the Practice Makes Parent podcasts.
For many years, he has provided families with practical, biblically-based, and research-based parenting advice on key parenting topics. He has been interviewed by various media outlets including Fox News, Fatherly, Christianity Today, WORLD Magazine, The Christian Post and CBN, and regularly speaks on Christian radio stations and podcasts across the United States. He’s also written for various publications and is a regular speaker at retreats, conventions, family camps, online events worldwide, and on various social media channels.
Dr. Huerta has maintained a private practice serving families in Colorado Springs since 2003 and has also served families as an employee of Focus on the Family since 2004.
He and his wife, Heather, love the outdoors, have been married since 1997, and love spending time with their two adult children.
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