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| Blog Name: |
Professor Elkind's Blog |
| Url: |
http://www.justaskbaby.com/blogs/professor-elkind |
| Language: |
English |
| Topics: |
early childhood development, child psychology, parenting |
| Description: |
Renowned child psychologist David Elkind PhD shares his experiences, opinions and insights on children’s perceptual, cognitive and social development. Tune in to read about how early experiences in infant development impact growth into adulthood, and how you can support your child's healthy development every step of the way. |
| Popularity: |
49 Followers |
Dealing with Bad Habits
| Many infants and young children engage in repetitive, seemingly automatic behaviors, which appear inappropriate and/or gross. These habits may include thumb sucking in infants and nose picking and nail biting in young children. Other habits of this sort include hair pulling, and head banging. Whatever the habit you are concerned with the first thing to take into account is that the child engages in this behavior pattern for a reason.read more |
Preparing Children for Emergencies
| I was both surprised, and very impressed, with my three-year-old granddaughter Maya, a Down syndrome child, when we were eating out at a restaurant. I had these reactions because, when the waitress asked her name, Maya clearly said both her name and her address. Maya’s response also reminded me of how important it is for young children to learn basic information about themselves that they can convey in emergencies.read more |
Parent-Child Conversations
| In a recent article published in the Journal Pediatrics, Frederick Zimmerman (Zimmerman 2009) and his colleagues reported a study in which they interviewed two hundred and seventy five families selected so as to represent a cross section of the US population as a whole. The families had children between the ages of 2 and 4.read more |
Homework: Good or Bad?
| For many teachers, parents and children, homework is a fighting word. Some people regard homework as all good, and as reinforcing good work habits, discipline and responsibility. Others see it as all bad, as rote, meaningless, and a major contributor to children’s dislike of school and learning. Both positions ignore the fact that there is a wide variety of homework practices, some of which are very supportive of positive attainments, and some of which probably do harm.read more |
Sexism Revisited
| When our nine-year-old niece visited us here on the Cape this summer she confided a frustration to my wife. She told my wife that every time she goes to stores to look at toys or at clothing, she is always directed to the girls section. Although she is not a tom boy, she still likes many of the toys and clothes for boys more than she does those for girls. That is where the frustration comes in.read more |
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