Sleep
Bedtime Routines for Children After One Year
As children move through the toddler years, the bedtime routine becomes more interactive, more verbal, and more subject to negotiation. The toddler wh...
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Play
The Value of Boredom in Child Development
When your child says "I'm bored," your instinct might be to quickly offer an activity, put on a show, or get them engaged in something. However, bored...
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Parenting
When Helping Too Much Gets in the Way of Learning
It's instinctive to rush in and help your child when they struggle with a task. But there's an important line between supportive parenting and overhel...
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Parenting
How to Encourage Independence in Young Children
Independence doesn't mean abandoning your child; it means stepping back gradually and letting them try. When children have opportunities to do things...
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Emotions
The Struggle for Autonomy at Age Two
The two-year-old's insistence on doing everything themselves — often poorly, always slowly, and sometimes to the point of meltdown if assisted — is no...
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Daycare
How to Support Daycare Skills at Home
Children develop a wide range of practical, social, and emotional skills in the daycare setting. These skills transfer to home more readily when the h...
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Daycare
Which Self-Care Skills Develop in Daycare?
Many parents notice that children seem to develop practical self-care skills faster at daycare than they were progressing at home. This is not acciden...
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Daycare
Why Children May Be More Independent at Daycare Than at Home
Many parents are surprised — and sometimes frustrated — to learn that their child dresses independently, eats without help, and manages transitions sm...
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Daycare
Child Independence as the Foundation of the Montessori Approach
A phrase often associated with Montessori education is "help me to do it myself" — attributed to a child speaking to Maria Montessori, and capturing t...
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Daycare
Core Montessori Principles in a Daycare Setting
The word "Montessori" describes a specific educational philosophy developed by Dr. Maria Montessori in the early 20th century. Understanding its core...
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Health
Type 1 Diabetes in Teenagers: Managing Transition and Independence
Managing Type 1 diabetes through the teenage years is substantially harder than managing it through childhood, and most families know this before it h...
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Development
Learning to Dress Themselves: When Toddlers Develop Self-Dressing Skills
Watching a three-year-old attempt to put on a jumper is both endearing and, on a school run morning, a test of patience. Self-dressing is one of the l...
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Parenting
Pocket Money and Chores: Teaching Young Children About Responsibility
The question of whether pocket money should be tied to chores divides parents firmly. One camp argues that linking money to work teaches children that...
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