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Two moms writing through the same milestones you are: what we tried, what worked for a while, and what we had to change. The stories we make are for the same moments.

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Personalized Social Stories for Toddlers: What Works, a Free Template, and When a Film Helps

A personalized social story is a short, calm story about one real situation in a child's life, told with their own name, their own people and their own places, so the situation is familiar before it happens. Carol Gray, who created the format, describes a social story as one that accurately describes a context, skill, achievement or concept. Here is what makes one work for a two to four year old, a free template you can fill in tonight, how a personalized story film fits, and when to talk to a professional instead.

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    A Hitting Social Story for Toddlers: Gentle Hands, Free Printable

    A hitting social story is a short, calm story in your toddler's own voice about the mad feeling that goes to their hands, what hitting does to other people, and two or three things their hands and feet can do instead. Below is a complete free gentle hands story you can copy and print, then why toddlers hit, what to say and do in the moment, and when to talk to your pediatrician.

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