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Home Theatre Without Specialist Toys

The cardboard box outperforms the toy. Every parent who has watched a toddler abandon the £30 birthday present to play with the wrapping has seen this...

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Daycare

How to Choose a Good Nursery: Quality Indicators That Actually Matter

The nursery visit is high-stakes and short — 30 to 45 minutes to take in a building, meet a manager, and form an impression that will shape the next t...

10 min read

Emotions

Why Three-Year-Olds Often Say No

Three-year-olds say no in a way that is qualitatively different from two-year-olds. The two-year-old's "No" is often reflexive, globalised, and physic...

3 min read

Emotions

How to Talk to Children About Feelings

Many parents feel uncertain about how to talk to young children about emotions — worried about saying the wrong thing, introducing vocabulary too earl...

3 min read

Emotions

How Self-Awareness Develops in Children

A two-year-old who points to herself in a photo and says her name has just demonstrated something a four-month-old simply cannot do. Self-awareness is...

4 min read

Emotions

How Children Learn to Recognize Emotions

A four-year-old who can look at someone's face and say "she's worried" didn't pick that up automatically. They learned it the same way they learned th...

5 min read

Emotions

Anxiety in Early Childhood

A two-year-old who panics at the vacuum cleaner and a four-year-old who insists there's a monster in the closet aren't broken — they're showing you th...

5 min read

Daycare

The Difference Between Nursery and Daycare

If you are looking for childcare in the UK, you have probably noticed that "nursery" and "daycare" seem to mean the same thing — and then sometimes do...

4 min read

Emotions

Unkind Behaviour and Early Bullying in Young Children: What It Looks Like and What Helps

A three-year-old who tells another child they can't play is not a bully in the technical sense. They are an egocentric, socially developing person who...

5 min read