You probably have fond memories of the holidays that your family celebrated when you were a child. As your family has aged and expanded, many of these activities may no longer be feasible. To give your children the gift of family that you enjoyed...
As they grow and develop into adults, children are strongly affected by the attitudes and actions of their parents. Promoting a positive lifestyle for children and youth is essential to their overall well being, notes Mental Health America....
How you respond to and discipline your children greatly affects how they develop, both cognitively and socially. A child’s development process is influenced by a mixture of all the stimuli he comes into contact with, such as people and...
Children learn language by listening to speech in the world around them. Children are born ready to produce sounds and words by hearing people speak words and sentences. Every time you speak to your child, you are modeling language and the rule...
Moral development in a child is as important as physical or cognitive development, which makes it a crucial part of parenting. Teaching morals can be tricky, especially because children develop gradually in this area. Good moral behavior includes...
No child comes equipped with a complete instruction manual; even a library's worth of parenting books cannot adequately instill a caregiver with the skills needed to raise a happy, healthy child. The American Academy of Pediatrics notes that,...
As a parent, you are the most important influence on the development of your baby. The interactions and activities that you engage in with your infant will help her develop, grow and change right on schedule. Spending quality time with your infant...
When an infant is very young, he can pick up on major stress from a parent, especially from a mother who likely spends the majority of her time with him. Parental stress has many repercussions for babies, and chronic stress can interfere with...
The birth of a baby is an exciting time. As a new parent, you are filled with hopes and dreams for your infant, and you want to do as much as you can to support her emotional and physical growth. By taking positive action in several important...
It's difficult to describe the feeling a new parent experiences when he first looks down at the newborn in his arms, amazed that this baby is a little piece of him. Still, most people can relate to the next feeling, the one of uncertainty and...
Parents need help understanding child development for different reasons. New parents often simply lack experience, while others may just fail to see when their children progress from one developmental level to another. Lack of developmental...
As a parent, one of your main concerns may be, "Is my child developing normally?" Fortunately, developmental psychology answers this question by examining the patterns of physical and psychological changes at each stage of life, from birth until...
While there is no firm event or developmental milestone marking the transition from early to middle childhood, it is generally agreed that early childhood lasts from birth to age 5 or 6. This first stage of life is a crucial developmental period,...
The parent role, relative to physical development, is three-fold. First, it is important to understand normal physical-development milestones of infants and young children. Second, parents must provide an encouraging, safe and stimulating...
The value of hard work and perseverance is one of the most important skills parents can teach their children. While every parent wants her child to be successful, children can't succeed without substantial effort and work. Research into the way...
According to coach and teacher John Graybeal in "The Art of Empowering Children," parents play the most important role in their children's social and emotional development. Although teachers and peers also have influence, a child learns how to...
According to Ask Dr. Sears, trust between an infant and his parent occurs when the parent responds to his cries and needs in a sensitive manner. Trust is built through the bonding process that occurs when parents bring home their new baby. When an...
Ever since women starting entering the workforce in vast numbers in the 1970s, experts and parents alike have debated the effects on children. Some studies show that children with two working parents may have developmental difficulties when...
Babies go through a number of physical developmental milestones. From being able to hold their heads up to rolling, sitting, crawling and walking, they follow a measurable progression. Different babies reach each milestone at slightly different...
As your child grows, many situations and stages will come up where he must gradually separate from you. Beginning in infancy, your child will begin to realize that he is a separate person from you. Throughout childhood, he will go to school and...
Teenagers are legendary for blaming their troubles on their parents. And they might be on to something. After all, childhood sets the stage for behavioral and personality development. But with regard to long-term anxiety disorders, formerly known...
Teenage moms may feel unprepared to tackle even the basics of infant care. Often, their living, financial and educational arrangements are precarious, and they can find it difficult to focus on their baby's needs. However, teaching teenage moms...
Managing and controlling a child's behavior can be both frustrating and overwhelming. According to the Child Development Institute, micro-managing and controlling every aspect of a child's behavior can be just as unhealthy as allowing children to...
Alcohol use among teens is a widespread problem in the United States, with rates as high as 50 percent among 13-year-old kids, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Several factors go into whether your teen will...
Becoming a parent is one of the most rewarding and challenging roles a person can enter into in life. Raising a child is a constantly changing endeavor as his needs, demands and stages of development evolve. Through learning and practice parents...
Each child's development is unique, but most children share some common behaviors, capabilities and needs during specific periods in their lives. These periods are generally differentiated by age ranges, and may be called development stages. From...
Being a parent is one of the most rewarding jobs. It's also one of the toughest. Most parents today, men and women, not only take care of their children but also work full time. The combination is a recipe for stress and anxiety. Many parents wind...
As children grow and develop, they explore new concepts and ideas that adults may take for granted. It is not possible to simply explain these concepts to your child; he must develop them himself through thought and experimentation. Choose toys...
Tough love is a parenting style and national movement that is often touted by rehabilitation centers as a soluttion for children's behavioral issues, especially the troubled teen who is beginning to abuse drugs or alcohol. Tough love is not,...
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