i was at dinner last night with a friend and my daughter (14 months) started to act up. It wasn’t embarrassing for me but I felt bad for my friend. She said she didn’t mind but I still apologized about it.

Do u apologize (to any one) for ur child’s bad behavior in public?

Yes, if you have a small child it’s understandable for them to misbehave but it is polite to apologize for having put those around you in that situation. People will be understanding and appreciative. However, when it comes to places like movie theaters I expect parents to leave babies at home and if you bring an older child but they do start crying, to take them out of the theater immediately. Anything less is very rude.

When they get older you should teach them to apologize or at least tell them they are being rude. Kids whose parents let them get away with bad behavior don’t see it as wrong and become bratty.

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My son is ready for pre-school. There is an Early Intervention program in my town. They welcome both kids with developmental delays and those without. Those without serve as role models for the delayed kids. I think this would be a great way to teach my son to accept differences, and hopefully get a great early education for less $. My main concern is that my child, in turn, might NOT develop as well because of the other kids. Does anyone have experience with this? Thanks.
Important detail: While he has not been labeled "gifted", the Pediatrician has said his cognitive development is advanced for his age.

I would say go for it. I think that there is more positives then there are negatives. You listed the positives of him learning acceptances and it being cheaper.

The only negatives he may find the class not challenging enough. I wouldn’t even say that for sure though. if the preschool is welcoming all kids they will be adapted to all kids of all development stages. Even if the class is some what repetitive have to keep it in perspective, it is preschool if he hears the ABC’s one to many times and they don’t go over the color red enough, I am sure he will figure it out by grade one!!!

Preschool is more about ‘growing up’ the social skills and learning to interact with other kids, parents and teachers. It gets them in t the routine of school and being starting to be away from Mom (that is for both you!). The education part of preschool is really not preschools primary goal.

Good Luck!

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I need to write a 8-10 page paper for my child development class and I need some topic wide enough that I could write that much on and that there would be enough sources to contribute to that.

What are some major issues/ideas/themes of child development?

Anything you can think of will be helpful!
are there any more topics i could write about?

There are so many.
effects of TV- and how so much of culture is marketed to kids by having it on TV and by making videos for kids

effects of all the forcefully marketed "learning" toys- do toys like leapfrog really benefit children (many many studies say no, they are a hindrance)

universal preschool- forcing kids to attend school at age 4- the school district that started it first now has the countries lowest test scores in kids who were the first to attend universal preschool, why are more states adopting the concept when the results prove negative?

how the household effects the child- classic nature vs nurture debate

do kids get outside enough? there are many books, reports, and more that show getting outside more seems to prevent issues such as ADD, ADHD, and mores. There are places in Europe that do year round, even in freezing weather, outside only preschool! And the school have extraordinary results

the medicated child- drugs for ADD, ADHD, etc, and also vaccines are they necessary? what are the effects?

Do kids get enough exercise? Between tv, time in the car, and always being pushed in strollers, are kids walking enough??

Kids nutrition

There are SO many. Really you just have to decide what interests you and go from there.

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So I have been called gifted all my life and decided to research child geniuses some more.
I’m 12
I’ve read at a 12th grade/college reading level for about 2 years
I don’t pay attention in class and i goof off yet get straight A’s
I don’t need to pay attention to retain information
I ask questions that the teachers don’t know the answers
I show strong vocabulary
I know things that no one else in the SCHOOL knows
I talk a lot, I prefer to talk to older an more intelligent people, but I’ll talk to everyone
I learned to tie my shoe when I was 2 by myself
I started talking at 8 months
I show high development in everything
I am not bragging I was just wondering. I like getting more then one opinion
There are more examples, but I don’t have time to list them all. I am very busy.

If all this is true then you are obviously very intelligent. With this gift, however, can come arrogance and I encourage you to guard against this. You can ascertain just how gifted you are through testing so you might ask your parent’s to find opportunity for you to do this. Too, your parent’s should, if they’ve not done so already, place you in "gifted and advanced" school programs as you may, even at your tender age, be ready for college.

Your gift can be both a blessing and a curse. If used wisely it may one day benefit mankind. It can also alienate you from others and thus prevent you from having meaningful relationships all because others see you as different. While you want to do all you can to develop your gift I hope you will develop humility as well especially since you had nothing to do with being born gifted. If you use your gift to flaunt your superior intelligence you’ll simply be revealing to others your insecurities and low self-esteem.

It is an awesome gift you’ve been given. Use it to study great leaders and contributors, both past and present, and follow their wise example while, at the same time, becoming your own unique person. Use it to make your own contribution to the world.

Good luck and God bless. Use your gift wisely.

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I know about the child tax credit but heard about an additional child tax credit that I may be elidgible for. What is it and what do I need to qualify? I have one child a 5 month old little boy if that helps.

If a person or couple’s taxes aren’t high enough to take the full $1000 child tax credit, then the rest of it might be able to be claimed as the "additional child tax credit" to total the full $1000. It’s not additional money to the $1000.

If you don’t get the full $1000 because you don’t owe enough tax to take it, fill out form 8812 (can be downloaded at irs.gov) to see if you qualify for getting the rest of the $1000 through the additional child tax credit.

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