All Entries in the "Child Development" Category
Teach Your Kids About Self Control – It Could Improve School Performances
Parents who are able to instill in their children qualities of self control are probably enabling them to deal with violence and bullying from others as well as helping them improve their school performance.
According to a study, which put kids through a three month mentoring program, it was observed that those children who were trained [...]
3 Easy Tips For Your Child To Love Vegetables
Vegetables will never make it to the top of your child’s favorite food list. They see vegetables as unappetizing and not tasty at all.
However, as parents we all know that vegetables should be a part of our child’s diet.
Vegetables are excellent sources of essential vitamins and minerals needed by our kids to [...]
Studies Show Setting Limits Good For Children
For all the parents who are wondering if and what many boundaries they should be setting their teens and tweens, there is news: according to USA Today, parents who set boundaries can make a “huge difference”. Research has made the following findings:
Those teens whose parents enforced a 10 o clock or earlier bedtime, were better [...]
Is Spanking Ever Ok?
For many the answer to that would be an unequivocal No, because we all know that there are many, many downsides to hitting children, it can be counter-productive and can lead to all sorts of problems for the child later.
Yet we have an entire generation of parents preceding the current one [...]
The Death Of A Pet: Helping Your Children Mourn And Cope With Loss
The loss of a pet is not usually easy for anyone, but it can be especially hard on a child.
Many younger children do not understand what has happened. This is especially true if the pet has to be euthanized.
Your child may act out, withdraw, or have difficulty sleeping. For most children, this [...]
Is Your Child Spoiled Or Simply Has Real Problems?
Everyone knows that children can be handful and some more than others. But is it only a natural stage of childhood development?
Could there possibly be something else, something psychological, that is making a child act out?
First, try and figure out if the child is spoiled. Does the child always get their way? [...]
Give Them What They Want Or Encourage Them To Deserve It
Child rearing is one of the most worthwhile and rewarding thing for parents.
But there are instances that parenting may go wrong and end up as a failure caused by a lot of factors involved.
As children grow, it is important for parents to take careful actions in dealing with them.
Back in [...]
The Truth About The Silence Of Children
Sometimes children will go days without talking. Parents try to figure out why, but since the kids are not talking and parents are not mind readers, it can be trying as well as troublesome.
There are many reasons why a child may not be talking, from the simplest to the most serious.
One reason [...]
Five Ways To Shake Up Your Kids’ Lunch
Kids get bored with food and refuse to eat, just like adults do.
But while most of us over the age of eighteen can navigate past our epicurean dilemma, a child’s boredom usually manifests in a singular manner: the refusal to eat what’s given to him.
In their parents’ presence, a child can be cajoled, tricked, or [...]
What Is Sleep Debt And How Does It Impact Children?
Sleep debt as defined by Wikipedia is the cumulative effect of not getting enough sleep. A large sleep debt may lead to mental and/or physical fatigue.
Sleep debt can be caused by partial sleep deprivation or total sleep deprivation. Among children as well sleep deprivation can cause very negative effects.
In infants parents [...]
