Archives for Social Development

Children at Play

Children’s work is play. Through every type of play, your child is honing one or the other skill. The description “child’s play” might not be so apt, because while spending time at play, your child is learning how to control and interact with his environment. Play can be challenging emotionally, socially, intellectually and physically. Playing evolves over time, becoming more mature as certain skills are acquired.

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My Baby’s Personality

No two children are alike. As a parent of two daughters, I have noticed just how unique and different children can be, even when the parents and social surroundings stay the same. Temperament is the result of the combination of genetic and social factors that determine your child’s personality foundation.

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Helping my Child to make Friends

Forming friendships are  a very important part of growing up.  Friendship or the lack there of, can really make of break a child’s experience of school and boost or damage her self esteem. I found as a parent, that I often wonder and worry about the amount and quality of my two daughters’ friendships. We [...]

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Discovering Your Child’s Personality

It will be a relief to parents to know that psychologists now believe that our children are not born as a “tabula rasa” (a clean slate).  A clean slate put all the responsibility of how our children turn out, slap bang on us as parents. It is now commonly accepted that 50% of our child’s [...]

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