Chapter 5 Reasonable Expectations offers insight
into normal child development and how our expectations affect our parenting.
Not exact matches
Puberty is a
normal phase of
development that occurs when a
child's body transitions
into an adult body and readies for the possibility of reproduction.
These optimal outcomes include increased IQ, increased adaptive and social behaviors as well as promoting the
normal development of the brain and behavior that optimizes a
child's potential to participate meaningfully in the community
into their adult years.
When parents are unable to deal with their undifferentiation and its accompanying anxiety between themselves, one (or more) of the
children can be pulled
into the tension in a way that, over time, compromises the
normal development of a self in that
child.