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A cheeky check if this is ok? Your child is social referencing!

 Did you know… when your baby, toddler or child looks at you just before they leap (or try another new trick) they are using an important developmental skill known as social referencing?

Social referencing – looking at you to work out what’s ok

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Worrying your child doesn’t understand how others feel? Tips to encourage empathy

Your child might be getting better and better at understanding their own feelings – but realising that other people think and feel different things is hard (and really important). Most of us want our children to be kind to others and to grow up aware of their own emotions and able to empathise with other people’s – after all, this is an important part of making and strengthening relationships. How then can you help your child see things from someone else’s point of view?

It is amazing how often the thing that will best support our child’s development is really simple – and understanding how people feel is one of those things! All you need to do is use words that talk about thinking and feeling when you’re chatting with your child.

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Understanding and nurturing your toddler's self-regulation skills

Your toddler is responding to lots of new experiences every day, and as a result they will go through a range of feelings and emotions. It takes time to understand these feelings and respond to them, and even as they can do this, they will often need support (as we all do at times).

Self-soothing is often used when talking about calming down, maybe when getting ready to rest or sleep, or when sad or angry.

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A cheeky check if this is ok? Your child is social referencing!

Did you know… when your baby, toddler or child looks at you just before they leap (or try another new trick) they are using an important developmental skill known as social referencing?

Worrying your child doesn’t understand how others feel? Tips to encourage empathy

Understanding and nurturing your toddler's self-regulation skills

Your toddler is responding to lots of new experiences every day, and as a result they will go through a range of feelings and emotions. It takes time to understand these feelings and respond to them, and even as they can do this, they will often need support (as we all do at times).

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Early reminiscing with your child may help them share feelings in the future

Can it really be time to think about a potty? Yes, and it's not as scary as it sounds!

Big news in the world of potty training! And you might want to read about it sooner rather than later...

Time for potty training? Here's the latest advice on how to manage it

The importance of touch for your newborn's emotions

Hands, mouth and brain – why your baby explores their hands with their mouth

Have you heard of Elimination Communication toilet training? Here’s a quick explainer...

Let’s pretend – the power of imaginative play

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A cheeky check if this is ok? Your child is social referencing!

Did you know… when your baby, toddler or child looks at you just before they leap (or try another new trick) they are using an important developmental skill known as social referencing?

Worrying your child doesn’t understand how others feel? Tips to encourage empathy

Understanding and nurturing your toddler's self-regulation skills

Your toddler is responding to lots of new experiences every day, and as a result they will go through a range of feelings and emotions. It takes time to understand these feelings and respond to them, and even as they can do this, they will often need support (as we all do at times).

 Did you know… when your baby, toddler or child looks at you just before they leap (or try another new trick) they are using an important developmental skill known as social referencing?