For example, I've already explained how strong attachments are an important
part of healthy child development and that separation anxiety is a sign that your child has developed that strong bond.
The value of this work has been clearly documented in an extraordinary body of evidence highlighting the
importance of healthy child development and supports for families with young children [3].
His talk, «The Science of Early Childhood Development: Closing the Gap between What We Know and What We Do,» argued that the
promotion of healthy child development is both a moral responsibility and an essential social investment to secure sustainable economic productivity and a viable democratic society.
Most programs with the
goal of healthy child development and well - being, school readiness or preventing child abuse and neglect include promoting nurturing parenting among their goals, because «Young children experience their world as an environment of relationships, and these relationships affect virtually all aspects of their development — intellectual, social, emotional, physical, behavioral, and moral» (National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2004).
The more challenging finding from Oliver et al.'s (2007) analysis is that there are two
domains of healthy child development that are strongly household influenced, namely, social knowledge and competence and emotional health and maturity.
In my work as a play therapist and family therapist in Bethesda, MD, I teach parents that «just playing» is much more than just playing — it is a vital
part of healthy child development and thriving family relationships.
Learning how to cope with adversity is an important part
of healthy child development.
Positive stress is a normal part
of healthy child development.
«Just playing» with your child is much more than just playing — it is a vital part
of healthy child development and thriving family relationships
Expressing oneself, asserting one's will and individual needs, having separate thoughts, opinions and feelings are all part
of healthy child development.