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Explores how childcare, IVF, large families, playgroups, racism and premature birth might shape the personality of a child in their first year of life.
Look at the ordinary and extraordinary stresses in a modern child's life; attending a childcare centre, mum going back to work, a family tragedy, illness, dad losing his job and a hectic life with teenage parents, to find out how much stress is too much and what parents do to help their children cope.
Discover why one in four toddlers is getting too fat and what it takes to keep a child a healthy weight.
Investigates toddlers' ability to control their behaviour as science reveals that this has a significant impact on their success at school.
Explores families and children adrift as we discover ways in which positive outcomes can be achieved with the right amount of emotional support.
We reveal that a good start to school depends on three fundamental skills: the ability to communicate effectively, an ambition to learn, and the ability to fit in with others.
What is Temperament? Temperament is the foundation stone of who we are, and determines how we respond to the world. It’s the biologically based, intrinsic characteristics we are born with – it’s how we are ‘wired’. Right from the start, it affects the preferences we have, the way in which we interact with the world, and the way the world interacts with us. Types of Temperament There is no such thing as a good or a bad temperament: it takes all types of temperaments to make the world go round. Goodness of Fit The ‘goodness of fit’ between a child’s temperament style and their environment is crucial. Role of Culture Different cultures value different sorts of temperamental characteristics.
To form good peer relationships, children need to have the capacity to manage their behaviour in social situations, know how to conduct themselves and know how to behave appropriately. Peers have become an increasingly important part of a child’s social world. Now that their world is expanding outside the home, they are spending a third of their lives with their peers, and they begin to define themselves in relation to other children of the same age. Gender is not just about biology, it’s also about expectations and opportunities and how they play out across the life course for boys and girls, men and women. Human beings are social animals. We live, work and play in social groups, so it's really important that we learn how to get along with other people - but it doesn't mean we all need to be the same. Social groups only work because we all play different roles in them.
In an increasingly risk-averse society, what are the dangers of overprotection? What is the impact of a loss of freedom and a fear-driven society? And what does building independence at nine mean for later life?
The children of today will need to be creative to solve the problems of tomorrow. So what is creativity and how creative are our children? What inhibits creativity and what helps it to flourish?
