Family Life
How Visits to Extended Family Affect Young Children
Extended family visits offer children valuable relationships and exposure to family history and connection. However, these visits also disrupt routine...
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Parenting
How Life Changes After the Birth of a Child
The arrival of a first child is a monumental life event that ripples through every aspect of your existence. Yet while pregnancy is discussed at lengt...
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Parenting
How Children Experience Parental Separation
From a child's perspective, parental separation is a significant loss. Even very young children notice the change. Understanding how your child is lik...
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Parenting
Blended Families: Building New Bonds
Blended families come together for many reasons. What they have in common is that relationships need to be built, not assumed. Your child may be griev...
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Family Life
Moving House With Young Children
Moving to a new house is stressful for everyone, but particularly for young children who rely on familiar environments for security. A home represents...
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Family Life
Introducing a New Pet When You Have a Young Child
Adding a pet to a family with a young child is exciting and challenging. Your child experiences the novelty of a new animal, while the pet adjusts to...
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Family Life
What the First Month of a Newborn's Life Is Like
The first month with a newborn is unlike anything you might have expected. You're physically recovering from pregnancy and birth. Your newborn's needs...
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Emotions
Postpartum Adjustment: What Happens to a Mother's Mental Health
When discussions of postpartum mental health focus exclusively on clinical conditions like postpartum depression, they risk leaving the majority of ne...
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Emotions
Maternal Emotional State in the First Weeks After Childbirth
The postpartum period is often portrayed through two lenses — joy and difficulty — without much acknowledgement of the more nuanced emotional reality:...
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Daycare
How to Transition Your Child to a New Daycare
Moving your child to a new daycare is a significant transition. Whether you're switching due to relocation, seeking better fit, or addressing concerns...
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Daycare
What Happens if Your Child Regresses at Daycare
A child who was toilet trained can suddenly have accidents again when experiencing stress, starting daycare, or facing major changes. This regression...
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Daycare
What to Do if Your Child Is Not Eating at Daycare
Many children eat less at daycare than at home, especially during the adjustment period. Some refuse meals entirely while others pick at foods they no...
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Daycare
How to Prepare Your Child for a New Babysitter
Introducing your child to a new babysitter requires thoughtful preparation to ease anxiety and build comfort. How you present the babysitter, what you...
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Family Life
How to Support a Child Through Neighborhood Changes
Neighborhoods change: parks close or renovate, favorite walking routes shift, familiar shops move, and community changes occur. Young children notice...
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Family Life
Helping Children Adjust to a New Home
After moving day, your child needs support adjusting to their new home. While some children adapt quickly, others experience significant disruption to...
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Family Life
Helping an Older Child Adjust to a New Baby: Regression, Jealousy, and What Helps
The older child who was thrilled about the new baby during pregnancy and then became clingy, demanding, or intermittently unkind to the infant once it...
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Family Life
Blended Families: How Children Adjust and How Adults Can Help
Blended families -- sometimes called stepfamilies or reconstituted families -- are one of the most common family forms in contemporary Britain, and al...
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