Sleep
Why Not All Children Fall Asleep the Same Way
Parents who have had one easy-settling infant and one who required hours of support every evening did not do anything different. Individual variation...
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Play
Why Not All Children Are Ready for Group Activities
Not every child arrives at a playdate or nursery group and immediately joins in. Some children stand at the edge of a group for a long time before ent...
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Parenting
Why There Are No Universal Parenting Solutions
Parenting books often present strategies as universal truths: "This is how to sleep train," "This is how to handle tantrums," "This is how to encourag...
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Emotions
Why an Infant May Appear Fussy
'Fussy' is an imprecise word that covers a wide range of infant behaviours, from difficult-to-soothe general distress to specific patterns of inconsol...
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Emotions
Emotions and Personality Formation in Early Childhood
Parents frequently describe noticing their child's "personality" emerging in the first year — a characteristic way of relating to novelty, intensity,...
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Emotions
Causes of Increased Anxiety in Toddlers
Not all toddlers experience anxiety with the same intensity or frequency. Understanding the factors that increase a toddler's vulnerability to anxiety...
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Daycare
How Daycare Reveals a Child's Temperament
Some children adapt to daycare within a couple of weeks; others take months. Some seem completely unfazed by separation; others are intensely distress...
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Daycare
How Daycare Reveals a Child's Temperament
Before daycare, a parent might believe their child is shy or easily adaptable, but the evidence is limited to family contexts. Daycare environments re...
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Daycare
Whether Montessori Daycare Is Suitable for Active Children
A common misconception about Montessori is that it requires sitting quietly and concentrating. Parents of highly active children sometimes assume Mont...
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Daycare
A Child's Individual Path Within the Daycare System
A daycare classroom contains 8-12 children who are all adapting, developing, and progressing simultaneously. Yet each child follows their own developm...
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Daycare
Why Some Children Avoid Group Play
In any daycare group, some children naturally gravitate toward solitary or parallel play rather than joining the larger group. Parents and carers some...
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Daycare
Introverted Children at Daycare: What to Expect and How to Help
Some children arrive at daycare and immediately engage with the environment, approaching other children, trying activities, joining in with groups. Ot...
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Emotions
Shy Children: Understanding Temperament and Supporting Social Confidence
The child who clings at the nursery gate, who hides behind a parent's legs when a friendly adult says hello, who refuses to join in activities that ot...
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