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Why Infants Need Emotional Support
The developmental science of early childhood is unambiguous on one point: emotional support is not a luxury for infants. It is a biological requiremen...
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How Support Reduces Stress Levels in Children
"Having someone there" matters more to children than it does to adults — not just emotionally, but physiologically. The research on social buffering i...
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How to Respond to Tantrums Without Punishment
The instinct to punish a tantrum — to send the child to their room, to take away privileges, to issue warnings about consequences — is understandable...
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Emotional Regulation in Children Under Six Months
When adults discuss emotional regulation in children, they often mean the child's ability to manage their own emotions. In the first six months, this...
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The Role of Parents in Supporting Emotional Stability
Parents often search for the right thing to do when their child is emotionally dysregulated. The developmental science suggests that what matters more...
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The Role of Parents in Developing Emotional Regulation
The most common question parents ask about children's emotional regulation is "How do I teach my child to manage their emotions?" The developmental sc...
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How Parental Emotional Stability Influences Child Behavior
You notice your child acts out more when you're stressed. You're calmer and present, and suddenly your child's behavior improves without you changing...
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How Infants Perceive the Emotional State of Adults
Parents sometimes reassure themselves that a baby cannot understand the adult's distress or anxiety. The developmental evidence suggests otherwise: in...
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Why an Adult's Emotional Response Matters
When a toddler throws food off the high chair for the third time, or a baby cries for an hour in the middle of the night, the parent's internal emotio...
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Why an Adult's Emotional Response Matters
From birth, children are emotional mirrors. They observe how the adults around them respond to stress, frustration, disappointment, and joy—and they a...
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Toddler Anger: Why It's Normal and What Actually Helps
A toddler in full anger is an extraordinary sight: the whole body involved, complete loss of composure, sometimes genuinely terrifying in its intensit...
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Self-Regulation in Early Childhood: How It Develops and How to Support It
Self-regulation is one of those terms that has moved from academic psychology into parenting discussions with a speed that has not always been matched...
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