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Validated list of emotions for children by age
I know about the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, a validated and benchmarked tool that lets researchers make statements such as "70% of children of age 4 know the word 'boat'".
Does a ...
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My daughter hides inside room when guests come to our home
My daughter is 2 years old and usually quite active. However, when guests come to our home, she is kind of very scared, goes inside the room and sits alone. We are a bit worried about this behaviour ...
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How to respond to pranking 7 year old?
My kid discovered and started enjoying pranking. For example, he will ring the doorbell and then hide in the bushes, or pour water in our mailbox.
He really enjoys this and I find it impossible to be ...
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How to make my 4 1/2 yr son understand of why I work/overtime
Recently I had been too busy with work and my son asked me to 'Play with him' during working from home and I said I am at work so I get free I will, he kept on asking 'R u working so you can buy me ...
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How to help 6 year old be self-confident about writing
My son's writing is totally fine for his age. We are trying to teach him the many ways to improve his handwriting: Capital letters, tall/small/fall letters, full stop, spacing. And his creative ...
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How to raise a more tolerant 13yo boy towards LGBT?
I've recently noticed my 13yo to be uncomfortable around LGBT topics. Not that they are common in our daily life but it has made me want to show him the short animation "In a heartbeat". I ...
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Are there any scientific evidence about benefits or harms of laughing a lot for babies
We sometimes make our 7 months old baby laugh. And, at these moments he laughs a lot, which we think is good for his development. However, I want to support this claim with some empirical research ...
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Deal with child in self-destruct mode with sibling
My partner and I have each a kid - an 8 year old girl and a 9 year old boy. The girl believes that anything the boy gets, she should get as well - no matter how it was obtained. This is how she views ...
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3 yo says he doesn’t know how to sleep
So I put my son down at 8pm today. Normally I put him down at 7:45pm. He naps from 2 to 4 PM. He usually sleeps until 6:15am or 7 AM.
I went into his room two hours after putting him down to get ...
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Is it ok to cool down artificial milk in the fridge?
In line with other posted questions whose answers suggest there is no problem feeding your baby with milk at room temperature, I would like to know if the same applies to colder artificial milk?
To ...
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How to explain crucifixion to a child?
My 6 year old came upon a painting of the the Christ on the cross, and asked me what was going on.
How do I explain this in simple terms ?
We don't have a Christian background, and she's not been ...
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Transitioning from Crib to Bed
My almost 3-year-old is still currently using her crib every night. Now that she's fully potty trained (day & night), we are considering transitioning her to a toddler bed, but I am wondering if ...
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Why my 7 m/o baby begins to move after first forty minutes of each night sleep
Our 7-month-old baby always begins to move after the first 40 minutes of his night sleep (at 9pm). If we can't manage to maintain him sleeping then this breaks his all sleeping routine and he sleeps ...
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How to help my 5-year-old brother to improve in Math
My 5-year-old brother has recently showed cleverness resolving math problems which aren't for his age like adding and subtracting big numbers, learning multiplication tables and recreating Fibonacci ...
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How to instill scepticism towards authority, albeit in a healthy way?
I have a nine year old son. I personally believe kids should have a healthy scepticism towards authority, and should question stuff before blindly acknowledging and obeying it. However, I'm not sure ...

