"Better a spanking in time, than regret it all your life." This phrase and its thousand variants are still very present in the popular imagination. In …
Developmental psychology
Being parents is difficult, we know it. The parenthood is a wonderful experience but it is also full of doubts. It is not for less since childhood and adolescence are complex stages of development in which are formed the personality and attachment style that will determine the relationship with oneself and with others in adult life. Knowing the Infantile and Evolutionary Psychology is the first step to put into practice a respectful upbringing.
Find out how to improve the children-parents relationship and educate the children in respect for themselves and the others. Delve into children’s emotions and help them manage its with psychological techniques specially designed for them. Find the children books according to their age so that they can develop their Emotional Intelligence and make theirs the psychological tools they need to face life successfully.
Toys are more divided by gender now than they were 50 years ago
In 1975, only 2% of the toys in the Sears catalog were specifically intended for boys or girls. But these days when we go shopping for children's …
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The weight carried by those who have been scapegoats in narcissistic families
When people, groups or societies do not examine their conscience, they choose a scapegoat to bear all the blame and thus free themselves from their …
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7 warning signs that indicate that it is necessary to take a child to the psychologist
We tend to think that childhood is an idyllic stage, free of worries and problems. In fact, many parents tend to underestimate their children's …
Family psychoeducation, the help children need when they have problems
Childhood is a happy time. Or at least we think so. But the truth is that also children have problems, conflicts, fears and insecurities that adults …
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Childhood shyness can be adaptive: 2 advantages of shy children
There are very sociable children who make friends easily while others are very shy. Shyness implies a certain degree of introversion in social …
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Adultcentrism: What is it and how does it affect children?
Just because things have always been done one way doesn't mean they can't be done better. Just because we have always believed something does not mean …
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