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The Benefits of Pets for Babies
At any age, having a pet around the house can be a positive experience. For young children, watching the activity of a pet or petting safe pets can provide a sensory experience that is valuable to cognitive development. Snuggling with safe pets can create a strong friendship with the pet that helps the child to feel loved and safe in the presence of the pet.
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3 Types of Picky Eaters: The Kid Who Uses Food for Power and Control
In the last two weeks, we’ve looked at some difficult picky eaters and what to do to help them to have a healthier reaction to foods that they don’t like.
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3 Types of Picky Eaters: The Kid With a Sensory Aversion
Last week, we discussed one type of picky eater, The Kid Who Doesn’t Like The Food. This week, we are going to discuss a more serious type of picky eater that can’t be fixed with discipline alone, because the root of the behavior looks more like a disorder than a behavior.
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3 Types of Picky Eaters
As a play therapist in Sioux Falls, SD, it is not uncommon for me to see children whose only issue or behavior is picky eating. It can be very frustrating for parents and daycare providers to deal with picky eating, because these adults have to find a way to balance the child’s nutrition while also trying to teach age appropriate behaviors.
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Must-Have Rules: Inside Voices!
Like last week’s rule to use walking feet, this week’s rule to use inside voices may not seem like an essential rule for kids to have.How important is it—really—for kids to remember to use quiet voices when they’re inside?
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Must-Have Rules: Use Walking Feet!
In the grand scheme of life, a child’s ability to walk when he wants to run may not seem to fit into the category of an “essential life skill.” But, when I think back on the many childhood behaviors I’ve witnessed that have resulted in pain and trouble, many of these could have been avoided by the simple rule to remember to use walking feet.
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Must-Have Rules: Use Nice Touches!
Last week, I introduced this series on some must-have rules for kids. Rules should be created in kids' lives to help them learn about how the world works and how they are supposed to act and interact in the world.
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Must-Have Rules: Listening Ears On!
If you are around kids on a daily basis, you know how important it is to have some basic rules for guiding children’s behaviors. The main reason that you probably do this is because you want to maintain your sanity, because if you have to ask them one more time to be quiet, you’re gonna lose it!
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