Sentences with phrase «child psychologists point»

Child psychologists point to the value of animals in helping abused children open up and articulate their problems.

Not exact matches

Psychologist Alan Yellin, PhD, shares advice for parents on how to tell whether your child's anxiety is negatively impacting him or her to the point that you should seek treatment

Psychologists have pointed out that the most important thing you can give your child is time.

But as social psychologist and «The Case for the Only Child: Your Essential Guide» author Susan Newman points out in an email exchange with me, «Divorce is not a topic children in general want to talk about even with siblings (although this is age dependent) or friends.

The book opens at the turning point: A psychologist puts together a center where 10 children are raised collectively by 19 parents (1 is a single parent and all the rest are heterosexual couples) from birth without experiencing the concept of a nuclear family.

As the respected cognitive psychologist Dan Willingham points out, «children's cognition is fairly variable day to day, even when the same child tries the same task.»

Industrial and postindustrial life, very recent phenomena in evolutionary terms, require kinds of learning that are constructed artificially and sometimes arduously on the natural of the mind — a point that has been made very effectively and in detail by David Geary, a research psychologist specializing in children's learning of mathematics at the University of Missouri.

In 2013 and 2014 presentations, child psychologist Dr. Megan Koschnick points to these and other inappropriate standards, explaining why young children's brains haven't matured enough to «reason abstractly,» «construct viable arguments,» or «participate in collaborative» discussions.

And as the Harvard developmental psychologist Howard Gardner pointed out in a Boston Globe Globe article titled, «Is the Common Core Killing Kindergarten», «Overuse of didactic instruction and testing cuts off children's initiative, curiosity, and imagination, limiting their engagement in school.»

The other issue he raises as being a point of discussion and concern for child psychologists is the extent to which extensive use of social media might be a problem by taking children away from other activities that may be more valuable.

The psychologist had already determined that the allegations of child sexual abuse against Jacob had no basis, and that Sarah was unlikely to change her point of view — about anything!

Occasionally, teachers may be the first to recognise that the child has a problem, and point it out to the parents or school psychologist.

Psychologists point to the support of close family relationships as helping children cope with tough social situations.