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Age specific questions from about 5 years to about 8 years. Younger: pre-schooler. Older: middle-childhood.

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Explaining Teen Pregnancy to Young Child

Since she is asking, this may be a good opportunity to discuss with her the mechanics of human reproduction in detail: naming the body parts properly and explaining their functions in the process. You …
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Explaining electricity kWh to a primary school

First you need to make sure that your own understanding is reasonably correct. Otherwise you'll be doing more harm than good. You can start watching some introductionary videos like this one: https:// …
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Creating scheduling for a primary schooler

Control screen time. For a 7 year old may be 1 hour/day. 2 hour MAXIMUM. That includes games, TV, computer, internet (etc). Let him choose how he wants to spend this time, but it's your job to set a t …
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How do I make my 7-year-old son stop using bad language?

Given his age he probably spends a fair amount of time in a school bus and with peers in school. These situations are rich sources of interesting vocabulary and he will actually need some of this just …
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8-year-old daughter is obsessed with books - escaping from something?

Questions to ask yourself Is reading inherently a bad thing to do? Heck no. It's great. Of all the obsessive behavior kids have at this age, this is one of the best!! Is she missing out on something …
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Moving to US with a 5 year old child

We moved with three kids ages 1-4 from Germany (your name sounds German, so this may be relevant). We were lucky enough to find a pre-school program that was for kids whose first language was neithe …
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Private school vs bad public school for a young child

This is very country specific, for this answer I wills assume this is in the US. I think this is really dependent on what metrics you use to define "bad". We had all of our kids go to public schools …
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How can I help my children who just found out my wife left us?

Apologize to them. This reaction may be even more about you lying to them, than about the separation. Kids are not stupid, and may have suspected something is up already. Put yourself into their sit …
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