Taking the Edge off the Wild Ride of Child Development

Category: Social/Emotional

Cognition / Sleep / Social/Emotional

Imagination, Fear, And Nightmares In Young Children During Halloween

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Halloween and associated activities can get the adrenaline pumping in any of us but it can be especially scary and real to young children. Kids between the ages of two and four are still learning to distinguish between what is pretend and what is real. They have not yet developed the cognitive capacity to differentiate that on their own. Everything that enters their brains is treated equally at this age. And that can spill over into their dreams.

Behavior / Cognition / Social/Emotional / Speech and Language

“Alexa, play that song on repeat”: why our toddlers thrive on repetition

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What about our young kids makes them programmed to love repetition? Why is this a universal characteristic? Should we be redirecting them to other, more novel, tasks and entertainment? Or should we cater to their preferences for sameness? Let’s take a look at some of the science behind this and perhaps we can take the edge off at the same time.