Simple ways to help the child alleviate the fear of a doctor Experts say the fear of a doctor is the result of several factors: the temperament of the child, his age and previous experience in clinics and hospitals. Children who are small and often ill and exposed to a number of unpleasant searches have a greater chance of developing a fear of going to the pediatrician. If we add to this the so-called developmental fear of unknown people and situations, the departure of a doctor for some parents is a nightmare. Highly in the list of stressful situations in a doctor's office is certainly vaccination and any procedure involving the needle. A child who is afraid of a doctor usually cries loudly, gives resistance, and cannot calm down. It's hardest with kids between one and four years because they already withdraw certain associations when they see a doctor or when they realize they have to go to the hospital, but they cannot logically and rationally explain that it's...

In each child, there is a natural potential for risk assessment that needs to be developed and not suppressed during childhood. What's the risk in a kid's game? A risk game can be defined as an act of enthusiasm that includes the risk of physical injury and a game that provides the ability to challenge, test and investigate the boundaries and learn about the risk of injury. So, a risky game is an important factor for children's health and development including self-confidence, social skills and physical activity. When we try to limit a child's risky game, we capture their primary need for risk, which can ironically cause children to be less secure. This is because the child learns the skills of risk management precisely through risk research in the game, thus gaining the knowledge and skills they can apply in other situations. If they have an adult who manages a risk they will never learn how to do it independently. Statistics vs. Reason During the ye...

As a holiday season approaches and the schools are having a break you certainly as a parent want your time off too. Fortunately for you, regardless of the undeniable harmfulness of excessive exposure of children to screens, there are also a number of positive effects of television on a child, provided that the child is watching a children's program, educational shows, appropriate animated films, documentaries ... Television provides information about the life and the world in which we live, which does not always mean bad things. It encourages the development of intellectual abilities, such as listening, understanding, and memory. Children approach letters and reading as well as foreign languages. If you notice a child showing interest in a particular foreign language, encourage it in many other ways. With a high-quality television program, the child expands his horizons, introduces the human values of this diversity. Rules how and when children should not watch TV: ...

It is greatly important for parents to work on developing their children's confidence. Two years ago, scientists from the University of Washington came to the conclusion that the self-confidence of the child was built up to 5 years of age. A lot of things cannot change since that age. And it is well known that self-confidence is the key to success in life. And what is self-confidence? Self-confidence is a belief that you can manage your body, behavior, and challenges you face in the world around you. If our children believe in themselves, they take more risks in life, they will more often achieve their goals and achieve great things. The good thing is that self-confidence is not something that is gained (or not) born, but it has to work on its development. Parents can help their children develop a better picture of themselves by creating opportunities for them to practice and improve their skills. Allow them to make mistakes, but be there to patronize them to keep trying. The...

Children have hands, feet, head and are perfectly capable of doing a lot of things - but unfortunately only when their parents really allow it. We are aware that children must acquire good working habits from an early age. However, parents are the ones most often of their own and those who are capable of making small incapacitated souls because they seem to have children simply do not have to work because they are - children. Then came the school. The first examinations of the maturity of acquired work habits on which children fall regularly. No, the class does not fall, but struggle with tasks, new duties and new obligations simply become too heavy for them. They would rather play and rest because they did not get the right work habits. After all, even now, when they go to school, they have nothing to be tired of housework, it is up to them to sit down and learn. Well, it's a mistake parents make thinking that childhood should pass without any worries - and children are, t...

Why to read children's accent from the earliest age ? Of utmost importance is reading to children of all ages, not just the youngest. The method of reading aloud is very important for developing reading habits and later success in school, as well as for general success in acquiring knowledge, say pedagogues. Reading the accent should be applied when it suits all participants in the act of reading, either in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening. Spontaneous reading can take place in a car, in a doctor's waiting room, on a bus, in a city, in a park, on a trip.   Read the children's accent from birth so they can: Connect reading and books with pleasant feelings hear sounds, rhymes and words to use their sense of hearing, sight and touch create sounds - from swinging to word show the picture, and the person reading to name what the child shows they begin to understand that the images show certain objects from their surroundings And of course, ...

Departure to the kindergarten represents not only an important period in the process of child development but also a major change in the functioning of the whole family. Although this event is an integral part of almost every child's life, it can often be stressful, as it requires adapting to new circumstances, both to the child and to the parent. How much a departure to kindergarten is a significant event in the child's life, we will realize if we remember that it represents his first true obligation, similar to what Mom and Dad have when preparing for a job every day or when a brother and a sister go to school. Research shows that the adaptation process is sometimes more stressful for parents (especially mothers) than for a child. Such data are understandable because the kindergarten often means the first long separation, but also the modification of the roles that Mom and Dad had by then, which are now largely taken up by educators. When they talk about parents' st...