Have you come across a toddler who throws food on their plate? Or the one who won’t stop cranky-crying for hours? I have seen such children. These are ‘strong willed children’. A strong willed behavior is synonym to dysregulation, impulsive response and being insensitive to the surrounding. This results in…

When my daughter was five months old, I realised that she was growing so rapidly as a baby that she would demand more milk than I could produce. She would often bite my nipples while suckling. She would put her hands in my plate while I will be eating or…

When my daughter was five months old, I realised that she was growing so rapidly as a baby that she would demand more milk than I could produce. She would often bite my nipples while suckling. She would put her hands in my plate while I will be eating or…

It is fascinating how mammals develop special organs solely devoted to the production of food for their offspring. After birth, all mammalian newborns need special food for a specific period [exact time period varies with each species] before they are able to digest the food of their habitat. The calf…

It is fascinating how mammals develop special organs solely devoted to the production of food for their offspring. After birth, all mammalian newborns need special food for a specific period [exact time period varies with each species] before they are able to digest the food of their habitat. The calf…

You are running behind your child to make them wear the clothes but she is not allowing you to do so. Instead she either starts crying or outrightly says ‘No’. Or, if you are asking your child to sit for his meal, his immediate response is a ‘No’. Sounds familiar…

You are running behind your child to make them wear the clothes but she is not allowing you to do so. Instead she either starts crying or outrightly says ‘No’. Or, if you are asking your child to sit for his meal, his immediate response is a ‘No’. Sounds familiar…

We now know that language acquisition is the vital part of children’s socialisation and early learning experience. Children learn to communicate and acquire new words through interaction with family members and society at large. Their curiosity to explore and know their environment plays the catalyst to acquire any language faster…

In my previous article, we discussed about the stages of language development. However, for the child to develop language, they need a rich language environment. A rich language environment is where there is a back and forth communication between the child and the adult. The people in the child’s life…