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Family Life

Preparing Children for a Visit to the Doctor

A doctor's appointment is, from a 2-year-old's point of view, a stranger in a stiff coat coming at them with cold metal. It is no wonder children get...

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Emotions

The Role of Repetitive Rituals in Reducing Child Anxiety

Your three-year-old wants the bedtime story read in the same sing-song voice, with the same blanket tucked the same way. The morning goodbye at presch...

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Emotions

Why Consistent Adult Behavior Reduces Child Anxiety

A toddler whose parent responds calmly to the same kind of mistake on most days, and occasionally less calmly when stressed, has a manageable map of t...

5 min read

Daycare

How to Reduce Your Child's Anxiety Before Starting Daycare

Some children walk into a new daycare like they own the place. Others spend the week before in tears at the mention of it. If your child is in the sec...

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