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24 posts in Child Development

How Fathers Influence Language Development of Their Children

What happens to those families where there isn’t a mom? Where there are two dads? Does that have an impact on a child’s ...

Stacie BennettJul 23, 2024

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6 Potty Training Methods: Which One is Best?

Many parents have two goals when choosing a potty training method for their child:...

Liz TaltonSep 10, 2024

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Involve Your Family in Your Child’s Speech Development

Speech therapy is never done inside a vacuum. Besides contacting a speech and language pathologist (SLP), it takes a vil...

Natalie BarnesJul 23, 2024

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Leaps and Regressions - First 18 Months of Life

After having two kids, one of which had no signs of sleep regression and one who clearly has restless sleep during certa...

Stacie BennettFeb 6, 2022

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What is Independent Play for Kids?

In This Article What is Independent Play? What are the Benefits of Independent Play? How to Encourage Independent Play S...

Liz TaltonFeb 4, 2022

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Why Toys are Important for Child Development

In This Article What Makes a Toy Beneficial to a Child’s Development? Here’s How Children Interact with Toys Based on Ag...

Liz TaltonJan 31, 2022

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Child Brain Development: Early Childhood

Even though the brain develops until it’s 25-years-old, most of its development occurs before the age of six. But, what ...

Liz TaltonFeb 12, 2022

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What are Common 2-Year-Old Milestones?

In This Article 2-Year-Old Developmental Milestones Communication and Language Emotional and Social Critical Thinking Sk...

Liz TaltonFeb 9, 2022

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Fine Motor Development in Toddlers

Your child will progress from opening and closing their hand to writing their name with a pencil in preschool. But how d...

Liz TaltonJan 19, 2022

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Is Your Toddler’s Attention Span Typical?

To be even more inclusive, the attention spans of neurotypical children can be much different than kids with ADHD or tho...

Robert McKenzieFeb 8, 2022

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Pacifiers: The Pros and Cons

In This Article What is a Pacifier? What are the Pros of Using a Pacifier? What are the Cons of Using a Pacifier? Pacifi...

Anne-Elisabeth GermainFeb 11, 2022

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Lack of Imitation Learning - When to Worry

Language development varies greatly among children, and their passage through the stages of speech development can be ve...

Stacie BennettJan 15, 2022

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What is The Best Way to Play with a 6, 12, and 24-Month-Old Child?

In This Article 6-Month-Old: You are Their Favorite Toy 12-Month-Old: First Friends and Early Social Skills 24-Month-Old...

Stacie BennettJan 15, 2022

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Speech Development Tips for Twins with Speech Delay

However, it seems that this speech is actually the twins imitating each other’s immature language abilities. “Twin langu...

Stacie BennettJan 23, 2022

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6 Stages of Play in Kids (and Play Ideas for Each Stage)

Jump to the second part of the blog, if you are searching for some practical advice, how to plan your toddler activities...

Natalie BarnesFeb 14, 2022

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Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development

Children’s development is broken down into four types: fine motor, gross motor, perception, and health , safety, and nut...

Stacie BennettFeb 13, 2022

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