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One of the most controversial but nevertheless very effective methods in sleep training is ‘control crying’. The method demands a lot of patience, perseverance and a strong heart. No, it is not cruel nor it harms the baby. In fact, more and more parents are finding out that it might just be the most effective method. What is it? Control crying is a method in which the parents deliberately let the baby cry for a few minutes before soothing them. It might seem inhumane but the process doesn’t Read more [...]

Social workers who work with prisoners have given the shocking statistic that one out of every ten people that end up in prison grew up in a home with no dad. What is it that makes a child who grows up in a home where there was a father figure cope better with the stresses of life? Or do they? It is a proved fact that dads can and do make a difference in the lives of their children. Children who have a father that is actively involved in their lives seem to grow up more assured and self-confident Read more [...]

Being a father is not necessarily the “be all” and “end all” of the male existence as compared to what motherhood is for many women. The biggest difference is probably in the biology. Whereas women are biologically wired to be a mother, fatherhood may be more of an incidental or sometimes even an accidental occurrence. It’s kind of hard to describe, but though men are needed in order to procreate, their role, once the creation part is done, has historically, and yes, biologically been quite different Read more [...]

Child development refers to the biological and psychological changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence, as the individual progresses from dependency to increasing autonomy as these developmental changes may be strongly influenced by genetic factors and events during prenatal life, genetics and prenatal development are usually included as part of the study of child development. Actually, child development refers to how a child becomes able to do things himself after Read more [...]