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What's Funny to a School-age Child?
So did you hear about the colt with a cold?He's a little hoarse.How about the pig with a rash?He needed a little ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Social and Emotional Learning
IntroductionWhat skills are the best predictors of academic and life success? Why is it that some children grow up to ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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Second Grade: Parent Talk
How do you talk to your children?Do you talk to them or with them?Stop and listen. Would you want someone to talk to ...
Source: Iowa State University Extension
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Measuring Kindergarteners' Social Competence
Social competence is the degree to which children adapt to their school and home environments. Social competence in ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Loneliness in Young Children
Loneliness is a significant problem that can predispose young children to immediate and long-term negative ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Tips on Handling Separation Anxiety
Many children experience separation anxiety at the start of a new school year. This is normal and considered healthy. ...
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Basics of Prosocial Behavior and Social Competence
A "basic" for learning social skills is having friends, which for children means having playmates. In order ...
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Helping Children Manage Their Feelings
It seemed clear to the teachers that Seth was unable to keep his strong feelings from overwhelming him so much that he ...
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Anxiety in Children and Adolescents
Introduction Alex, 15, describes what anxiety feels like: I grew up in New York, the son of two loving parents. I ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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Letting Go of A Security Symbol
Why do some children have security symbols and some don't?Actually, all children have some type of security symbol at ...
Source: Heartland Family Service
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Your First Grader's Social Life
A child's social behavior is easy to track in the classroom or on a playdate. But what about those moments where...
Source: Education.com -
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According to the School Psychologist: Kindergarten
Expert advice from a school psychologist on how parents can better understand their kindergartener.
Source: Education.com -
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Your 2nd Grader's Social Life
If your second grader is an angel at home and a dream in the classroom, it's easy to assume that there's smooth sailing...
Source: Education.com -
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According to the School Psychologist: 2nd Grade
Expert advice from a school psychologist on how parents can better understand their second grader.
Source: Education.com -
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Family Assessment: At the Interface of Nature and Nurture Stands the Family
A child's environment "A family is to a child as water is to a fish." The 'nurturing system' that is the family is the...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
