Questions tagged [psychology]
Psychological studies based on infant, toddler, and adolescent behavior or parenting techniques and disciplinary action. Appropriate questions should relate to a study or finding in a psychological study or should deal with wanting information about certain behavior or using parenting techniques based on peer-reviewed, scholarly research by doctors of psychology.
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Five Year old structured playing
My child, who will be five soon, enjoys structured play more than unstructured play. For example, he loves puzzles because they have a clear goal and a right way to complete them. He does not like ...
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My son keeps saying he's hearing his name in ambient sounds..? [closed]
So my 11 year old has been saying lately that he keeps hearing his name in ambient noises. It seems to be primarily in the breeze, or rustling leaves, or the rain. After some thought I can (with a ...
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Should I reveal the truth about Santa?
My youngest daughter is now nine years old. She has always been very big into believing in magical things. It's probably my fault because I love to see kids using their imagination and wonder. My kids ...
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All-or-nothing thinking
Has anyone had experience with a child who has very black and white thinking patterns? Teaching our 5 yo son anything is very difficult as any modification of technique (i.e. with handwriting) is met ...
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Our seven year old son has trouble responding to certain kinds of adult interactions
Our seven year old boy is a smart kid, loves to explain things, joke around, etc. However, when someone pays him a compliment, or asks him an unexpected question, he freezes up and doesn't know how to ...
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Convince my wife that the flu vaccine is good for our child
She says she would like her children to naturally fight colds and flu and thus make their immune system stronger.
How do I convince her against this irrational thinking?
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How to help a teen that wants to learn productive skills, but has entertainment addiction?
I have a son who has ADHD. He is very passionate and loves to work really hard at anything he does, but he has serious trouble focusing on anything which involves a non-trivial amount of (perceived) ...
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What professional helps teach parents how to parent?
What's the name given to the person that teaches parents how to parent?
Dog trainers usually don't only teach dogs tricks. They show the owners, how they can teach the dog things, how they can master ...
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How to encourage 9 year old boy to start learning new skill
I have a 9 year old son. He loves doing things he is good at but is not very open to start trying new things. For ex. he is doing Karate since he was 6 yr old and now he is intermediate level and good ...
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Is there such a thing as too much machine time?
My 1 year-old toddler is addicted to the Roomba. First thing when I walk in the room, he points to the Roomba and wants me to pull it out. He'll push the button to start it, and will watch it ...
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Behavioural therapy - for parents - combine with… what? Pointers appreciated
TL,DR: My son's therapy is taking a break; to help me help him I am contemplating behavioral therapy for myself - as well as combining this with consequential discipline, praise and all the other ...
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Limit access to screens (phone, computer) to my kids, whereas I benefitted from "no limit" during my own childhood
Years after years, we have more and more evidence that too much access to screens (phones, computers) for kids is not good for them. This is even a societal problem, more and more raised by ...
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Kid genius help
I am the legal guardian of a kid, after his/her parents were found incapable of taking care of him.
Okay from day 1, I saw that he/she couldnt make any friends and knew things normall a 6 year old ...
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What is the best time for a mom to go back to work after giving birth from the psychological and healthy attachment point of view?
Given money is not a matter of concern, and the mother cares more about the health and future of her child rather than her career development/future, when is a good time for a mother to go back to ...
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Does my ex-GF have daddy issues? [closed]
I met this girl a year ago and a half ago. We then became friends and started dating and living together. We broke up last month due to different lifestyles and looking at life.
To start, she was a ...
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How will parents fighting affect kids?
This is about a 2-year-old child. His parents scream and shout at each other frequently - like thrice a week. How will this affect the toddler?
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After divorce: alternating parents in the kids' home or alternating kids in parents' houses?
I have three small kids and am going to divorce. Luckily, I am in friendly terms with my ex spouse, and we are making arrangements for our life practicalities.
Planning for our family life ahead, we ...
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What are some of the risks to a child of a divorce going to trial?
Mediation is faster and less expensive but not possible in cases when one or both of the parents are being unreasonable. What are some of the common and less common risks to a child of 6 years of a ...
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Explaining death and dealing with mourning for a pre-schooler in an atheist family with religious extended family?
My grandmother, my 3.5 year old daughter's great-grandmother, is sadly very ill and could pass away at any time within the next few weeks. My daughter has yet to experience death (e.g. a pet dying) ...
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Can a wish when thrusted upon a person from childhood become her own wish?
The child is 22 months old.
The father wants the child to become a doctor. He is planning to create such an environment around the child such that the child starts thinking that she must become a ...
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How to nurture my child to be fearless
I feel that my two-year-old kid is fearful since birth, or it is my own fear. This question arose when I compared him with other numerous children. As a father, I don't want him to fear anything. I ...
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Questions about "Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids"
I just heard about Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids by Dr. Laura Markham (on this site) and I started looking into it. I really like some of the things I've read about this approach to parenting, but I ...
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Why do some parents have a favorite (or least favorite) child? How can this be avoided?
Playing favorites with one's children is clearly a moral grey area at best...so why do we do it?
I'm a personality psychologist by training, and particularly well-exposed to heritability research ...
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How structured does a child's life need to be?
At home, our kids' lives (3 and 7 months) are fairly well-defined, in terms of when events happen. Waking up, meals, naps, bath, bedtime - except for a little slacking on the mornings on weekends (...
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What harm is porn?
It is generally accepted that porn shouldn't be seen by children, and we even sometimes punish parents who fail to stop their children from finding porn.
What is the justification? The only "damage" ...
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Restricting infant on almost every move
Most of the times I restrict my 10 month old on doing things which I feel would have a negative impact on him. For example, I say NO in a louder tone when he makes a desperate attempt to put his hand ...
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Why do kisses stop a child from hurting?
Whenever my son gets a minor injury (scraped knee, stubbed toe, bumped head, etc.), the fastest way to get him to stop crying is to kiss wherever he got hurt.
It almost always immediately stops the ...
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Can putting a one year old baby in a playschool for around 7 hours, daily, cause any psychological issues to the baby?
I and my partner both work in software companies. There are only two of us living together.
So, if we put the baby in a playschool for around 7 hours, daily, after he is one year old, can it cause ...
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What are the psychological impacts of a split-religion household?
This is quite related to THIS question about how to deal with a non-religiously-participating child when both parents are Christian. My situation is a bit different, and while some of the answers at ...
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How important is stability / change / lack of change for children?
I frequently see people around the web supporting various arguments with the following statement:
"children need stability."
Is there any evidence for this, and more importantly can there be ...
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What are some suggestions for punishing a child? [closed]
My daughters are clearly pushing the boundaries lately. They are trying to find out what is possible. I am really looking into ways to setting the boundaries. A friend recently suggested creating a ...
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