Childhood behaviours

Helping Your Child Make and Keep Friends

Helping Your Child Make and Keep Friends

Highlights In This Article Why is it important for my child to make friends? Having friends is important for everyone. A friend is someone to…

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Helping Your Child Develop Emotionally

Helping Your Child Develop Emotionally

Highlights In This Article Understanding Emotional Development Emotional development is when you learn: Emotional development is a complex task that starts in infancy. The Importance…

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Helping Toddlers Cope with New Situations

Helping Toddlers Cope with New Situations

Highlights In This Article Why Toddlers May Feel Scared in New Situations Some children are cautious and fearful in new situations. Fear and anxiety are…

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Understanding and Supporting Your Child Through Emotional Trauma

Understanding and Supporting Your Child Through Emotional Trauma

Highlights In This Article Understanding Emotional Trauma Emotional trauma is the lasting mental effect of a difficult event or events. It’s also called psychological trauma….

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Growing Pains in Children: Symptoms, Causes, and Relief

Growing Pains in Children: Symptoms, Causes, and Relief

Highlights In This Article What are growing pains? Growing pains is a term that describes a pattern of generalized pain in one or both legs,…

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Understanding Your Child’s Gender Identity

Understanding Your Child’s Gender Identity

Highlights In This Article What is Gender? The terms ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ are often confused, but they mean different things. Your sex refers to your…

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Raising Toddlers: Tools for Everyday Challenges

Raising Toddlers: Tools for Everyday Challenges

Highlights In This Article Living with a Toddler Toddlers are learning about emotions and boundaries. Tantrums, fussy eating, and biting are common. These behaviours are…

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Discipline with Love: Teaching Positive Behaviour

Discipline with Love: Teaching Positive Behaviour

Highlights In This Article What Is Discipline? Discipline involves guiding your child to learn self-control and appropriate behaviour. It means encouraging good behaviour and fostering…

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Biting in Toddlers: Why It Happens and What to Do

Biting in Toddlers: Why It Happens and What to Do

Highlights In This Article Reasons Toddlers Bite Biting is a normal part of childhood development and doesn’t necessarily indicate bad behaviour. Common reasons for biting…

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Children’s Sexual Behaviour: What’s Normal and What’s Not?

Children’s Sexual Behaviour: What’s Normal and What’s Not?

Highlights In This Article Understanding Normal Sexual Development Sexuality is a natural part of being a whole person, and curiosity about sexual identity is part…

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