Child Care
You should start looking for reliable child care about six weeks before you plan to return to work. Currently both the public and private sectors have not given child-care issues the priority they should have, which makes things more difficult.
Unfortunately, [...]
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 [...]
Social Development in Children
Now your child is socializing with children of his own age, whether at nursery school or at play, he will have new concerns of which you will become aware.
Clothes are one of the first ways of expressing individuality, and children may identify [...]
Making Friends
Playing together: Children will often play next to each other even if they are not involved in the same game.
By the time your child reaches age four, he is likely to be able to play with other children in an interactive and sustained way. [...]
Siblings
At the age of four, relationships with siblings can be turbulent. A child is old enough to be a nuisance to older siblings and can be selfish, rough, and impatient with younger siblings. Quarrels and physical fights over toys and possessions [...]
Preschoolers: Encouraging Girls: Encouraging Boys
ENCOURAGING GIRLS: Girls are often considered to be less outgoing and adventurous than boys, but it is important that they be encouraged to be curious and active and to let off steam with physical activities.
Don’t be overly concerned about [...]
Sharing Toys
The concept of sharing is particularly difficult for your baby to grasp. It is unrealistic to expect your baby to give a toy to another baby if he is still playing with it. It is equally unfair to expect your baby to understand that he cannot [...]