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Children have been playing with puppets and dolls for thousands of years. However, these games can be very useful in helping children to develop a degree of understanding and then control their emotions. Puppet play and emotions Puppet play is nothing complex. It essentially involves parents joining in their children’s games with pretend people or…
Handle Messy Eating – Almost all younger children are messy eaters – as almost all parents have discovered with their first child! Inevitably, in the earlier months and years, you are likely to spend a fair bit of meal times mopping up after them. However, messy eating isn’t something that should be tolerated ad infinitum….
Self-regulation in children is a gradual learning process that ultimately results in what we might term “responsible adult behaviour”. It is an important life skill and parents have a large part to play in assisting children to develop it. What is self-regulation? This is the process that allows us to control what we say and…
Helping toddlers calm down is a skill most new parents need to learn.