Issues & Dilemmas
Gun Play, Weapons, and Superhero Play
Gun play, superhero and weapon play is something that often children self-initiate. As parents and teachers, we need to have an understanding of why children
Issues and dilemmas for parents concerning their child’s safety, care, learning and education are many.
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Gun play, superhero and weapon play is something that often children self-initiate. As parents and teachers, we need to have an understanding of why children
Your child might be doing the biting or has been bitten by another child. This focus in this article is on purposeful biting arising from
Separated parents can find it really difficult to manage the relationship with their child’s early childhood service. But here’s information to clarify questions you may
Leaving your child at an early childhood centre or with a home-based educator can be heart wrenching. A child may become a lot quieter than
Self-soothing when a person chooses to be alone and do this is one thing – but leaving children to cry when care should be provided
Research shows that a child’s learning and intellectual achievement before starting school is higher when there is parent involvement in their learning in the early
As parents we can be anxious to get our child into structured activities like swimming or music classes and into ready for school programmes. The
Resilience is something that is important to teach to children. Resilience is the ability for a substance, object, or person to spring back into shape.
Many children settle into an early childhood education centre, home-based service or other care fairly easily and are happy, but some take longer, and some
Teaching children the ethics of care can start from a young age. To try to explain how this is possible here is an example of
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