Parenting
Positive Discipline: How to Guide Children's Behaviour Without Punishment
The word "discipline" comes from the Latin disciplina, meaning teaching or learning -- not punishment. This is an important distinction that gets lost...
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Daycare
When a Child's Behaviour at Daycare Requires Professional Attention
Daycare settings often observe things about children that are not apparent in the home environment — partly because they see children across a range o...
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Daycare
Normal Child Reactions During Daycare Adaptation
When a child starts daycare, many parents are surprised by the range of changes in their child's behaviour — not just at drop-off but throughout the d...
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Parenting
Managing Toddler Behaviour in Public: Realistic Strategies
Every parent of a toddler has had the supermarket moment. Or the restaurant moment. Or the moment in the GP waiting room when a child goes completely...
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Emotions
Hitting and Biting in Toddlers: Why It Happens and How to Respond
A toddler who bites another child at nursery produces immediate shame in the parent, concern from staff, and upset in the bitten child. It is one of t...
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Family Life
Sibling Jealousy When a New Baby Arrives
Very few things in a young child's life match the disruption of a new sibling. The child who was at the centre of the family's attention discovers, ov...
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