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Your child will grow and change so much over the years, it can be hard to keep up. Find out more about the physical, social and emotional, and language development milestones to expect, and get great ideas for taming tantrums, handling potty training and bedtime battles, feeding picky eaters, choosing a preschool, starting elementary school, and more.

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