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How to Distinguish Occasional Conflict From a Systemic Problem
A typical toddler room sees dozens of conflicts a day — somebody grabs a toy, somebody pushes near the slide, somebody bursts into tears for reasons n...
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How to Communicate Effectively With Daycare Staff
Your child's caregiver sees more of their waking weekday hours than you do. The way you and that caregiver exchange information is not a soft skill —...
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Why Comparing Children Makes Problems Worse
When something is hard at daycare — biting, slow language, a friendship that won't take — the most natural move in the world is to look at the other c...
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Comfort Objects: Should Children Bring Them to Daycare
A bit of fabric that smells like home is one of the cheapest and most effective tools for daycare adjustment. Donald Winnicott called these "transitio...
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How to Choose the Right Daycare for Your Child
Picking a daycare is one of the more anxious decisions early parenthood asks of you. You're handing your child to other adults for 30 to 50 hours a we...
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How to Support a Child During Periods of Frequent Colds
The first year of daycare is often the year of many colds. A child who was barely sick before suddenly seems to have a runny nose for ten months strai...
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Children With Special Needs in Daycare Settings
A child with a developmental delay, a chronic condition, or a disability often does well in a regular daycare — sometimes better than expected. Inclus...
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How to Choose a Daycare Based on a Child's Age
The best program for an 8-month-old looks almost nothing like the best program for a 3-year-old. A bright, loud, busy preschool room that delights a 4...
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What to Do if a Child Refuses to Go to Daycare
A child who clings to the doorframe in their pajamas, screams "no daycare!" and goes limp when you try to put on shoes can rattle even an experienced...
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Child Socialisation in Daycare: What to Expect and How It Develops
"They'll learn to play with other kids" is the most common reason parents give for choosing daycare. The truth is gentler and more interesting: 2-year...
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What to Do if Your Child Is Not Eating at Daycare
A teacher hands you back the lunchbox with most of it still in there, day after day. Or the daycare report says your toddler ate "two bites of pasta."...
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What to Do if a Child Does Not Sleep at Daycare
Your toddler naps two hours at home like clockwork. At daycare, the report says they lay quietly on the cot, eyes wide open, for the entire rest perio...
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A Child's Emotional State After Daycare
A familiar parental experience: you arrive at pickup, the key person tells you about a perfect day full of paint and circle time and laughter, and wit...
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When a Child With a Disability Needs Specialized Care
Many children with disabilities do well in mainstream nursery with reasonable adjustments — but some need a level of medical or specialist support tha...
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Should You Change a Child's Daily Routine Before Daycare Starts
If your nursery's schedule is meaningfully different from the one you run at home, you may wonder whether to shift your routine before they start. The...
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How a Good Caregiver Supports Emotional Development
A good carer is far more than a logistician. The hundreds of small interactions they have with your child each week — the response to a fall, the help...
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The Role of the Caregiver in a Child's Adaptation
You can choose the right setting, prepare your child meticulously at home, and run a beautiful morning routine — and still have a hard adjustment if t...
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The Role of the Caregiver in a Child's Adaptation
A child's nursery experience is shaped almost entirely by their relationship with their key person — the warm or cold, present or distracted adult who...
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The Role of the Caregiver in Managing Child Conflicts
How a carer handles a fight over the red truck affects more than the next thirty seconds. The pattern they use shapes what children learn about handli...
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How to Recognise if Your Child Is Being Bullied at Daycare
Every parent of a child in group care eventually meets the word "bullying" — either in connection with their own child, or used loosely to describe or...
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