Ignoring cues that development is not progressing well and/or discounting parental concerns. Nothing is less helpful than the phrase, “He wi ll outgrow that.” Infants and toddlers grow out of shoes...

Ignoring cues that development is not progressing well and/or discounting parental concerns. Nothing is less helpful than the phrase, “He wi ll outgrow that.” Infants and toddlers grow out of shoes and clothing with little intervention, but language, cognitive, motor, and social development usually require adjustments in adult behavior to facilitate improvement in problem behavior.