Parenting
fromPsychology Today
4 days agoYou're Not a Bad Parent
Parents impose impossible standards, but developmental psychology shows that healthy attachment and developmental goals often allow time, imperfection, and gradual bonding.
Although she can say short sentences-"I need cake!"-her humor isn't particularly verbal. Instead, she giggles while stumbling around in grownup shoes, or blows bubbles in her water when she should be drinking it. She likes to put on a hat, pull it down over her eyes, and then blunder around, arms outstretched, like a mummy. She's also discovered the humor of exaggeration: recently, when her brother resisted getting out of his pajamas in the morning,
In a study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, younger children were found to be slightly better at delaying gratification than older children, highlighting age-related differences in self-control.