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Why Some Children Avoid Group Play (US)
In any daycare room, you will see a few children who hover at the edge of group activity rather than dive into it. Watching from the home corner while...
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Daycare
Why Some Children Avoid Group Play (UK)
In any nursery room, you will see a few children who hover at the edge of group activity rather than dive into it. Watching from the home corner while...
4 min read
Daycare
Why Some Children Avoid Group Play (Global)
In any daycare room, you will see a few children who hover at the edge of group activity rather than dive into it. Watching from the home corner while...
4 min read
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
At every toddler group there are two or three children who hover at the edge of the room for ten minutes before they move. They watch. They keep one h...
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Parenting
Why There Are No Universal Parenting Solutions
Almost every parenting book sells one thing: a method. A method for sleep, a method for tantrums, a method for raising independent kids. Methods are u...
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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...
3 min read
Emotions
Emotions and Personality Formation in Early Childhood
By the end of the first year, most parents can describe their baby's "personality" in a sentence or two — the bold one who wriggles toward every stran...
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Emotions
What Causes Increased Anxiety in Toddlers
Two children growing up in similar households can have very different anxiety levels — and most of the time the explanation is a mix of genetics and w...
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Daycare
How Daycare Reveals a Child's Temperament
Before daycare, parents have a working theory of who their child is — but the evidence is mostly drawn from a highly familiar environment. Home is cal...
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Daycare
How Daycare Reveals a Child's Temperament
Some children walk into daycare on day one and don't look back. Some take eight weeks of tearful drop-offs before they exhale. Some watch from the edg...
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Daycare
Why There Is No Universally "Perfect" Daycare
"Best daycare in the area" is a tempting search to run. The five-star reviews, the Reddit recommendations, the friend who swears by a particular nurse...
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Daycare
How to Tell if Montessori Daycare Is the Right Choice for Your Child
"Is Montessori good for kids?" is the wrong question. The right one has two parts: is this specific setting actually practicing Montessori, and does t...
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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 nursery room, you will see a few children who hover at the edge of group activity rather than dive into it. Watching from the home corner while...
4 min read
Daycare
How Daycare Reveals a Child's Temperament
You probably saw glimpses of your child's temperament from the first month: the easy feeder vs. the colicky baby, the curious explorer vs. the cautiou...
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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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