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Articles on early childhood development, everyday parenting situations and mindful parenting.
Attachment also develops through a process of growth. Dr Gábor Máté and his colleagues distinguish between six forms of attachment, which develop in sequence…
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Children do not, first and foremost, need to come to terms with a frightening object, person or situation in real life, as that would be far too terrifying and risky…
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Young people these days start using social media very early on, and even young children navigate video-sharing platforms with confidence. A…
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Children’s behaviour reveals a great deal about their relationship with their environment, though often in a paradoxical way. For example, the tensions they direct towards us do not always speak against us…
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Adolescence is full of emotional, intellectual and social challenges, which call for a degree of stability. As parents, we can no longer play a major role…
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Our constant and sensitive responsiveness and willingness to help our child come across as natural, loving and devoted behaviour, which is precisely why it is so easy to fall into the…
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It is no coincidence that fathers generally play more energetically with their children. It is precisely these lively interactions that strengthen the bond between them. What’s more…
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Anxiety is often an unfamiliar concept and phenomenon for children. They do not understand what is happening to them, or what triggers this unpleasant…
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The arrival of a sibling can be very emotionally draining for a first-born child. They may suddenly feel that their parents’ attention is out of reach, and to make matters worse, the much-hyped playmate may well turn out to be rather useless…
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An increasing number of pre-school children are displaying patterns of behaviour typically associated with adolescence: hostility, insolence and manipulation. This is generally due to a lack of parental authority…
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