As a parent, it’s important to be aware of some of the key factors that will impact your child’s development. These variables could have huge ramifications for their future in the short and long term, according to the latest studies. Here are some examples of the variables that you should be considering when you are raising your child and that likely will have an impact. Pexels Source CCO License Early Communication  First, you should consider whether or not you are communicating as much as you should be with your child in the early stages. Various studies reflect that early communication is key to successful child development. Indeed, some studies postulate…

I would like to share a guest post BALANCING A WRITING CAREER WITH RAISING CHILDREN By Kathie Giorgio I was 23 years old when I had my first child, a son, in January of 1984. 27 months later, I had my second son, and 13 months after that, my first daughter. Then came a gap of 13 years, where I divorced my first husband, married my second, and in October of 2000, had my fourth child, my second daughter.  And through it all, I wrote up a storm, having hundreds of stories and poems published in literary magazines and anthologies. In 2010, my first novel was published, which started an…

What Causes Violence and Extremism in Children, and What Parents Can Do to Help By Dr. Emily Bashah, author of Addictive Ideologies: Finding Meaning and Agency When Politics Fail You A Developmental Approach to Violence Longitudinal studies reveal that the most aggressive age across the lifespan are toddlers, specifically two-year-old male children, which seems preposterous since children are considered pure and innocent. The aggression variables studied include forceful hitting, biting, pushing, or pulling on another person’s body. Between the ages of two to four is crucial for parents to model and teach prosocial behavior, delayed gratification, and emotion regulation for the purpose of socialization. If a child can’t socially adapt,…