Emotional Development
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KidsEmotional Development
It's very normal for a young child to express preference for one parent or primary caretaker.
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KidsEmotional Development
What's the best way to support a teenager who has lost his best friend?
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KidsEmotional Development
A parent seeks reassurance that she explained Grandpa's death to her son in an appropriate way.
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KidsEmotional Development
A young teen needs some skilled, compassionate therapy after losing his best friend to leukemia.
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KidsEmotional Development
Give your child permission to be creative in telling "pretend stories" to you.
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KidsEmotional Development
The gore and violence in horror genre movies are not conducive to the healthy development of a preadolescent.
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KidsEmotional Development
Our expert gives his opinion about allowing a four-year-old to watch alien-type horror/suspense movies or "Godzilla-type" shows.
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KidsEmotional Development
You don't need to send a child to preschool to prepare her for kindergarten.
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KidsEmotional Development
A seven-year-old who experiences the death of a classmate needs empathy, kindness, and understanding.
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KidsEmotional Development
A parent wonders if she should be concerned about her son's "perverse nature."
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KidsEmotional Development
After losing her husband to a horrible battle with cancer, a mother wonders how to help her traumatized son.
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KidsEmotional Development
When a child seem young for his age, his teachers should be able to individualize in a way that will make the boy feel good about himself.
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KidsEmotional Development
Our expert gives some advice on how to help a young man deal with the loss of his father.
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KidsEmotional Development
Some thumb sucking is common with a third or more of preschool children, and an even smaller percentage of early elementary-aged children.
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KidsEmotional Development
What can you say to children ages three and five about their grandmother dying?
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KidsEmotional Development
No matter how "cool" a nice pair of glasses look on a teen, he may have trouble suddenly looking like a "four-eyes."
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KidsEmotional Development
If a father thinks that displays of emotion are unmanly or wimpy, his young son will learn to hide his feelings.
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KidsEmotional Development
An expert explains why punishing a child for refusing to sleep in his own bedroom will not change his behavior.
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