Helping Your Child with Socialization For one reason or another, some children do not develop social skills as easily as others. They may earnestly seek peer relationships and then, having endured rebuffs, if not downright cruelty, retreat to the safety of home, family, and their own company.
There is probably nothing so painful for a parent as the rejection of his child. Parents need to take he long view of social problems and to map out a plan to solve them quite as carefully and thoughtfully as they would consider academic or health problems. There are guidelines which. if followed, will help these children if the parent is willing to take time and initiative.
"Play Is The Work of the Child" Maria Montessori Play activities are essential to healthy development for children and adolescents. Research shows that 75% of brain development occurs after birth. The most important role that play can have is to help children to be active, make choices and practice actions to mastery. They should have experience with a wide variety of content (art, music, language, science, math, social relations) because each is important for the development of a complex and integrated brain.
Adolescent Stages of Development Provides information on basic developmental tasks for adolescents. This article also contains links to dozens of pages on how to parent teenagers.
Approximate Timetable of Prenatal Development Provides information on fetal development through each trimester. Also, contains links to dozens of links on maternal health and prenatal care.
Birth Order Where a child places in the birth order can have an effect on how he sees himself. Research on birth order, sometimes referred to as ordinal position, shows that a child's place in the family (first, middle, last, etc) can have an effect on personality and achievement later in life.
Coping With Your Child's Personality Information on temperament and how it effects personality development in children from Child Development Institute. Discusses how to understand your child's temperament and how to handle the difficult to raise child.
