“The inability to play independently inevitably increases the child’s sense of dependence on the adult. Conversely, independent activity allows him to experience autonomy.” – Éva Kálló and Györgyi Balog,The Origins of Free Play I often hear from parents concerned about their child’s ina...
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Most of the time, it chugs along just fine on its own — but every now and then, something or someone in the group will demand immediate attention, and it’s almost always when I’m on a walk with my toddler or sitting down to dinner with my husband. And then there’s everything ...
It can take a lot to keep a toddler’s attention. You can compare them to a ping pong ball, where they are constantly bouncing from one toy or activity to the next. This slide was designed to help with that, as well as their hand-eye coordination. With different ways to play, your...
When I moved to DC, my daughter was two and a half. I only had the one child and was still busy not wanting her to get run over and therefore mid the laborious process of instilling road sense into a small fever-footed toddler. ...
My boyfriend immediately got rid of his fear that we might get bored there. :)” See you in Gwada! PS. Let me know if you have any problems with the new link. If you’d like to buy the e-book the old-fashioned way (via a direct Paypal/Venmo/Chase Quick Pay/bank transfer ...
I napped when I wanted to nap, we went for drives when we got bored and pretty much did whatever we wanted every single day. I came into this leave of absence stressed, worried, exhausted, angry and fighting off depression. I had one month to do whatever I wanted. An unpaid vacation...
*Not every activity was a hit, we didn’t follow the schedule to a T (what toddler does?) and sometimes naps were not in a crib but on one of us. * I ended up taking the COVID leave that work offered because I got to a point where I just couldn’t do it all and not have...
You’ll also teach them how to be bored (Lot’s of time for that with The Big Change!), how to scrub toilets (I miss our monthly housecleaner with the same ferocity that I miss sunshine in the middle of February.), and to just leave me the heck alone if the bathroom door is ...