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Dogs are pack animals

Pets and Babies: Dog Behaviour

Dogs are descendants from the wolf family. Below are some images of how a dog may appear physically in front of you, your baby and family. To download the complete leaflet in pdf format click here Never leave a child alone with a dog

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Win Parenting Made Easy

Be the parent you want to be with Parenting Made Easy. Parenting coach Sue Atkins has helped thousands of parents build stronger relationships with their children using her straightforward strategies. In this practical guide she shares her positive methods to help you parent with confidence and raise happy, motivated and well-behaved kids. – Develop your…

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Dealing with a toddler's tantrum

Question: Biting toddler

Q: “My daughter is a two-year-old who frequently bites other children as well as adults. This is now limiting her access to other children. Please help!” A: Two-year-old children can be very anti-social. They are just beginning to learn how to behave socially. I understand that you feel unable to take her out in company, but…

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What exactly is a spoilt child?

From moaning to materialism: how does a child become spoilt?  And what can you do to avoid it happening? What exactly is a spoilt child? Everyone seems to have an opinion about what a ‘spoilt’ child is, particularly grandparents, who often seem to fret about their grandchildren receiving too much attention or too many toys. Who’s responsible?…

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How to cope with a cross toddler

Angry toddler

In the second part of our series on anger, babyworld member Michelle shares her coping strategies for helping an angry toddler calm down. Quest for knowledge Once I had a clearer understanding of how I responded to my daughter’s tantrums, I felt better equipped and more confident looking into how to deal with them constructively. However, some of…

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Dealing with a toddler's tantrum

Understanding toddler tantrums

Toddler tantrums are part and parcel of parenting. However, for some parents, they exert an even greater emotional toll leading to feelings of anger. Here we look at how to deal with parent and toddler rage and turn a cross household into a calm one! The baby blues My daughter has never been an easy child. She has…

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Gender stereotypes: Nature or nurture?

Do you forbid your daughter from playing with Barbies and insists that your son learns to cook from the age of two? And are these efforts to impose equality on your children doing any good at all? Sam Pope looks at gender stereotypes and asks can we really avoid them. Is it nature or nurture?…

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Coping with a crying baby

Your baby’s cry is a powerful language essential for his own survival. Nature has designed the pitch of every baby’s cry to tear at his own parents’ heart strings, and tests have proved that adult blood pressure and anxiety levels do go up at the sound of a crying baby. So don’t be surprised when your crying baby…

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Children and values

Your shout! We asked babyworld members for their opinion on values – empathy, generosity, honesty, responsibility and respect – which ones they hold dearest, and how they try to enforce them! “Luckily my daughter (6) shows all of these, no doubt it will change when she becomes a teenager. She is also very lazy though, so…

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Ban television for children?

American psychologist Dr Aric Sigman hit the headlines when he called for a complete ban on television for children under the age of three. Immediately after Dr Sigman’s concerns caught the front pages, BabyTV issued a press release of their own to try to allay parental fears about toddler television exposure. We spoke to Dr…

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