Tantrums
Young children nearly always have tantrums out of frustration or because they are pitting their will against that of others.
Older children have tantrums because they can think of no other way of showing their determination. In the privacy [...]
Toys and Games for Baby
As your baby grows, her developing skills and mental abilities will be reflected in toys that capture her imagination. Free-standing rattles that she can swipe at while eating, for example, will keep her amused at first. Large soft blocks are [...]
Lonely Child
Isolation in the early years of childhood can have several long-term negative effects. Studies have shown that children who have problems interacting with their peers not only suffer in the preschool years but have more emotional difficulties [...]
Choosing Child Care
Your baby doesn’t need only to be changed and fed: he needs the kind of loving attention that you would give him yourself if he is to learn to interact and become a sociable child.
Baby-sitters These care for your child during the day in [...]
Children Lying: Dealing with Lying
A study carried out several years ago investigated the impact of different parental responses on lying. It was found that children whose parents used moral principles to explain to their children why lying is wrong effectively reduced the frequency [...]
Child Day Care Center
In our society at the present time, mothers of babies and young children often work outside the home. Without commenting on the implications for growing children, it can be said that this is a complicating factor of family life.
Options range [...]
Child Behavior Problems
Toileting; bedwetting, soiling,
Eating problems: Overeating, under eating, pica.
Negativism,
Inappropriate sexual behavior,
Bullying,
Biting,
Aggressiveness,
Lying, Stealing, Destructiveness, Severe Shyness, Severe fearfulness, Obsessive [...]