Talking about tough topics
Key points
Tough topics for children include divorce, illness, death, sex and natural disasters.
Talking about tough topics reassures your child, helps your child understand things, and lets you explain family values.
The way you talk about tough topics depends on your child’s age and ability to understand, as well as your own cultural and family values.
Key points
Tough topics for children include divorce, illness, death, sex and natural disasters.
Talking about tough topics reassures your child, helps your child understand things, and lets you explain family values.
The way you talk about tough topics depends on your child’s age and ability to understand, as well as your own cultural and family values.
Stimulating socio-emotional development: 0-3 months
"Your child gains a sense of security and trust through her relationship with you. The closeness you feel, shared time and interactions, will help you get to know your baby, her condition and needs."
"Your child gains a sense of security and trust through her relationship with you. The closeness you feel, shared time and interactions, will help you get to know your baby, her condition and needs."
Behavioral habits
Many children have habits such as nail biting, thumb sucking, or nose picking. Most often, such habits go away on their own. Sometimes a child needs help to break them. A way to achieve that is calmly reminding a child, with praise when he/she is not doing it.
Many children have habits such as nail biting, thumb sucking, or nose picking. Most often, such habits go away on their own. Sometimes a child needs help to break them. A way to achieve that is calmly reminding a child, with praise when he/she is not doing it.
Developmental delay
Developmental delay is present when children acquire motor, emotional, social and communication skills more slowly than expected.
Developmental delay is present when children acquire motor, emotional, social and communication skills more slowly than expected.
Stimulating socio-emotional development: 24 - 36 months
"A child is showing more and more interest in joint activities with other children. Games are becoming more complex and diverse. Games with imagination and role-playing give additional impetus to the development of opinions, language, relationships with others and personal identity. Feelings become more complex."
"A child is showing more and more interest in joint activities with other children. Games are becoming more complex and diverse. Games with imagination and role-playing give additional impetus to the development of opinions, language, relationships with others and personal identity. Feelings become more complex."
Stimulating socio - emotional development: 18 - 24 months
"Your child is increasingly aware of himself and his needs. The anxiety of separation from you is alleviated. The child enjoys various games together with you. He can often express disagreement or impose his will. Reactions to non-fulfillment of desires and limitations can be stronger than before. It takes time and patience for a child to find a way to postpone their needs and accept limitations."
"Your child is increasingly aware of himself and his needs. The anxiety of separation from you is alleviated. The child enjoys various games together with you. He can often express disagreement or impose his will. Reactions to non-fulfillment of desires and limitations can be stronger than before. It takes time and patience for a child to find a way to postpone their needs and accept limitations."
Stimulating socio - emotional development: 13 - 18 months
"Communication with close people expands, there are more diverse joint activities and interactions during daily activities and play. The child is happy to engage in active exploration. He expresses his desires. Frustrations are inevitable, and with them stronger emotional reactions and protests. You are here to understand and help."
"Communication with close people expands, there are more diverse joint activities and interactions during daily activities and play. The child is happy to engage in active exploration. He expresses his desires. Frustrations are inevitable, and with them stronger emotional reactions and protests. You are here to understand and help."
Stimulating socio-emotional development: 6-12 months
"Your child is increasingly reacting to your departure and asking for your presence. The child now knows that you are there even when he does not see you, that is why he is looking for you. The child may show fear of strangers. Be calm, this is one of the important milestones in development. Your child knows he is safe with you."
"Your child is increasingly reacting to your departure and asking for your presence. The child now knows that you are there even when he does not see you, that is why he is looking for you. The child may show fear of strangers. Be calm, this is one of the important milestones in development. Your child knows he is safe with you."
Stimulating socio-emotional development: 3 -6 months
Close people and time with them are sources of the most important experiences when it comes to socio-emotional development at this age.
Close people and time with them are sources of the most important experiences when it comes to socio-emotional development at this age.
Mother with COVID-19 infection and recommendations on breastfeeding
To date, the virus that causes COVID-19 has not been found in the milk of any mother with a suspected or confirmed infection, and for now there is no evidence that the virus is transmitted by breastfeeding.
To date, the virus that causes COVID-19 has not been found in the milk of any mother with a suspected or confirmed infection, and for now there is no evidence that the virus is transmitted by breastfeeding.