Fathers help boost early social skills
21 June 2001
Children whose fathers take an active role in their
upbringing are more sociable when they start nursery, new research has
suggested. A report, What Good are Dads?, by academics at...
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A photographic exhibition, 'Images of Fatherhood'
21 June 2001
(Photograph) - A photographic exhibition, 'Images of
Fatherhood', aims to inspire fathers in Scotland to spend more time with their
children when they are young, writes Joyce Reid. Pictures by...
'Bizarre' target set for men in childcare
21 June 2001
The Government's target for six per cent of the
childcare workforce to be men by 2004 has been described as 'bizarre' by the
chief executive of the National Childminding Association....
Strong medicine
21 June 2001
Children are given drugs that have never been tested on
their age group and doctors guess at dosages, as Wendy Wallace reports
Nine-year-old Lexie McConnell had recently moved from Wales...
A month in the life of Jasmine Maya
21 June 2001
Once newborn Jasmine's jitteriness had ceased and she
had been declared by the paediatrlcian to be in good health, she left hospital
with her mum for a small maternity unit....
Hands on
21 June 2001
The skills that young children gain from playing,
established in research, are here described by Dr Richard Woolfson with
practical advice Play is no laughing matter, as far as a...
How you can help
21 June 2001
Five points for using play to stimulate the cognitive
development of the children you work with, either in the nursery or domestic
setting. * Encourage a broad range of play...
Scream and shout
21 June 2001
Young children's tantrums can be exhausting to deal
with, so it helps if everyone, especially parents, understands why they occur.
Child psychotherapists from the Anna Freud Centre explain Most people...
A parent's guide to tantrums
21 June 2001
You're in a restaurant at a regular family event.
Suddenly your co-operative toddler seems to have had a personality change. He
won't sit down and is screaming and kicking. Anything...
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