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Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Toddlers and Socialization – Part Two
There is a utopian theory suggesting mankind can engineer the perfect socialized child. That is a scary thought which usually has a preschool component attached to it. The very nature of children wars against the notion that a formalized preschool experience can gain a child a social advantage that he otherwise could not have obtained. [...]
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Toddlers and Socialization – Part One
Preschools and day-cares provide a necessary service to families where both parents must work outside the home. In most cases, preschool staffers are dedicated and caring individuals who hold a child’s best interest at heart. We have friends around the country who operate wonderful day-care centers, where love abounds and understanding of unique needs brings [...]
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
Toddlers and Sharing
“I’m trying to teach my toddler to share but he is very resistant to giving up anything. What can I do?” As a parent, you will of course encourage your child to share, but you also must realize that sharing is an advanced moral and social skill for a toddler because it requires self-sacrifice. Self-sacrifice [...]
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
Training to Educating Transition
What Parents Should Know In the early phase of toddler parenting, the concept of “training a toddler” is more dominant than “educating a toddler”. To train is to establish “patterns of behavior”, to educate is to establish “understanding of behavior”. We train toddlers how to act, behave and respond long before they are capable of [...]
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Toddlers and Disappointment
After waking from her afternoon nap, two-year-old Gracie predictably went to her father’s office, nudged him out of his seat and led him to the kitchen where she pointed to the crackers. Dad would oblige Gracie with two or three. When she pointed for more however, Dad would say “No”, and then brace himself for [...]
