Child Development
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Why does everything happen to me?
My son hurts himself a lot. Not intentionally, of course, but by accident. Thankfully, none of these have been serious injuries, but the small ones? We’ve had plenty. Cuts, scrapes, stubbed toes, splinters, bruises—you name it. Lately, he’s started to notice too. After each one, he’ll cry and ask: “Why does everything happen to me?” Continue reading
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Why Have You Bought Me Vitamins? Understanding PDA in Kids
My son takes vitamins—nothing fancy, just some strawberry-flavoured Mr. Men ones from Boots. I had accepted he wasn’t the best eater a long long time ago and taking that vitamin is probably the only bit of vitamins he actually gets…..and then I am not completely sure of the efficacy of the Mr. Men vitamins but Continue reading
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Am I a fussy eater?
We were playing in the kitchen and my son asked: “Am I a fussy eater?” In that moment I wondered where on earth this had come from and so used my favourite tactic of answering a question with a question and asked why? He was non-committal with his answer and I knew him well enough Continue reading
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Why do you always sing?
We all have our favourite things to do, things that make us feel good, which provide us with a few moments out of the day to forget everything and one of them for me is listening to music really loud in the car and singing. I tend not to do it anymore because it seems Continue reading
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What is a daydream?
It had been a long, long day (aren’t most of them nowadays) and I knew I had a long way to go. I had been playing headers with my son where I throw a small ball and he heads it. This was the new version of goalkeepers that he liked to play. He then wanted Continue reading
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How quick has this year gone?
There were so many times when my son said things that were so much older than he actually was. And this was one of those times. We were driving to school with his favourite song on and I could see he had his fingers crossed and he looked at me, sighed and said: “How quick Continue reading
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Can I plant some custard?
Custard. My son loves custard. I would go so far as to say he is addicted to it. He LOVES it. Absolutely loves it. He has a pot of custard every night after getting in from school. He loves it that much I’ve had to put a limit on it. He is allowed only 2 Continue reading
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Who plays for Millwall that used to play for Middlesbrough? He was number 18 at Middlesbrough, he played for Middlesbrough a season ago and his name begins with a D?
In case you haven’t guessed already my son asks a lot of questions. When this started I was always on high alert, ready and poised with my brain switched on ready to answer these questions. It was exhausting, still is but I have a lot more experience of it and it’s like anything, the more Continue reading
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Maths and The Many Many Questions of My Child!
What is 50 add 15? This question is just one example of the questions we are currently in a phase of. I say phase but I’m not sure it will ever end, if anything the questions are getting more intense and more prevalent. For around 3 months every single day we get questions like: Is Continue reading
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What does maybe mean? Does it mean yes or no?
Have you ever tried to explain what maybe means. Its really hard to be specific when defining a word that means maybe yes or maybe no. And the more you think about it the more difficult it becomes. Go on give it a go now, try and explain what it means?!? Well the official definition Continue reading
The Questions of My Child 