Child Development

A 12 year old should have 8 to 9 hours of sleep each night.

Sleeping to little or to much is unhealthy, especially when you are maturing.

Babies who are full term or close to it are born with the desire to suck. Puppies and kitten do it too. All also "root" looking for a nipple. Both reflexes are a way of looking for and finding food which is important to their well being.

If you are observing children you don't interact with them, but sit and watch as far back as possible and if possible behind one way glass. You presence in the room can change behavior and what you want to do is watch the behavior of children in the most natural way. This is the purpose of observation.

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If you are sixteen, going on seventeen, then yes. Definately!

I think you might be referring to Osgood-Schlatter disease; in this disease there are bumps located inferior to the kneecap, not underneath.

Don't freak the kid out! Yes its normal especially if you are just now shaving your legs or you are prone to breakouts. ~boborufus2009

Problems with the pituarity gland, or poor diet. Take the child to a doctor.

I learned the sounds (and names) of the letters when I started school at age 5. There were nearly 50 kids in the class. The main method used to teach reading was 'chalk-and-talk' with phonic methods as far as possible. There was none of that nonsense about 'reading readiness' or child-centred education. What's more there were practically no literacy problems, either!

Babies develop arms when they are 7 weeks old in the womb.

Not really, so lets try to help.

Basic finance:

In our modern world the unit for exchange of goods and services is money. One is normally expected to offer ones time and physical labour to a person, the state or an organisation to be paid a sum of money each week/month, this is called a job. In some countries, if you can not find a job the state will gibe you enough money to live on (this is called social security).

Out of the money you earn, you are expected to give some to the state, this is called taxes (everyone should pay taxes) - the taxes are used to provide you with basic services (roads, police, refuse collection, schooling for kids etc). Out of the rest you are expected to purchase accommodation, food and if there is enough left, save for your retirement and holidays.

When you rent a house, you agree to pay the owner a sum of money each month for the use of the house (rent). In return the owner will maintain the fabric of the house. However there may be local taxes relating to the area in which you live which you may have to pay if this is not included in the rent. If you fail to pay the rent you will be evicted form the house and you will still be responsible for the rent of the house for the period for which you agreed to rent it (this debt could follow you round if the owner takes you to court).

When you are earning money you should open a bank account to have this money paid into. You should pay your rent out of this bank account. To start with YOU SHOULD NOT GET A CREDIT CARD. A CREDIT CARD is borrowing money rather than using money that is yours (in your bank account) and if you do not pay back the balance each month it is a very expensive way to borrow money. Get a DEBIT CARD which only uses money that you have in your bank.

It is important not to spend more money each month than you have left after Taxes and Rent have been paid.

If you get into debt remember that a roof over your head and taxes are the bills you should pay first. Any other debts can be negotiated (go and see a debt councillor if this happens).

Basic Living:

Remember Forrest Gump's box of chocolates, life can sometimes give you good things and sometimes bad. Try to live a humble life and if the going sets tough don't be afraid to ask others for help (not money). In reverse, if life is good to you, remember that there are others that may need your help.

Confidentiality is all about being confidential about personal information. You cant go spreading information around to your friends as you don't know that that's child's parent isn't standing right behind thinking I have a child called that and she goes to that school how do they know about MY child? It is very important and very hard but keep up the good work and you can be trusted.

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It is not against the law, but i would say to take the 10 year old boy out of the room. Two girls and one boy in a room doesn't sound good even if theya re related. And if you get your son his own room the girls won't have to worry about going to the bathroom to change. And it would also be very disturbing if they did change in front of him. It is not against the law but i think that yu should get the boy his own room.

It can be when you first start and your period could be abnormal for you entire period life its nothing to worry about I am 15 and have had it for 1 yr and it is still abnormal so yours could become normal or stay abnormal.

There are to many too count haha. When I was 12 a couple of years ago I was going through a lot, cause that is when there hormones start to act up. Expect them to be moody and mean. ;)

sometimes but by 4 should have large vocabulary. look into autism, abuse, mental impairments. may be nothing but autism is likely

My son is 8 years old, and he has memories as young as 3.

yes

have a 14 year old son and 16 year old son. As its the holidays though i let them go to bed whenever realy but no later than 11.30pm.

no lol im big boned i way 180 lbs and im 5'7 but im not really fat

A teenager is a young adult, however, they are still children by law until the age of majority, in some countries it is 21 in others 18.

The website (link below) discusses this issue. It's very insightful and talks from a partially scientific perspective.

Treating teenagers as full adults is as harmful to their development as treating them like children. Teens are adults in progress, not adults. Allow them the freedoms that they've demonstrated that they can handle maturely. Allow them the things for which they've demonstrated that they're capable of the responsibility. It's a step by step process and parents are there for guidance along the way. It's true that there are any number of teens who have had adulthood thrust upon them and they have succeeded in dealing with it. That doesn't mean that those teens didn't wish that they had a nurturing adult to support them and help them through it.

The confrontational nature of the relationship between teens and parents is nature's way of moving teens forward to think for themselves. It doesn't mean that parents are stupid or that teens are monsters. In societies that live in tribal groups, teens are given the responsibilities of adults, such as obtaining food and maintaining shelter, bearing and raising young. Those societies also have the parents, other adults, and elders that support these efforts and continue to nurture and teach. In our modern society, there are so many complex things that people have to negotiate in order to survive, in order to support one's self that the learning curve is far longer than the natural physical development process.

development is when two people of different gender have 'excitment'

If the disrespect is not too severe and there is still some communication between you, you may be able to handle it on your own. Fortunately 'disrespectful' is a normal state for a 15 year old. At some points in the teen years, an individual starts to have their own ideas, beliefs, and feelings. It's part of the maturing process, getting ready for the future when they will need to do most of their own thinking and decision making. Bit by bit they have to wean themselves off relying on the parents to do it for them. For a parent to recognize this fact is half way home. To understand that their ideas or decisions may not be quite on target for their own well being is also to your benefit.

You 'deal' with a disrespectful teen (the earlier the better) by being respectful to their experimental decision making and new ideas that they didn't learn at home. Respecting it does not mean agreeing to it or allowing everything they come up with. You are still legally responsible for a 15 year old. It means that when they say or do something that is cause for controversy, instead of firing back about 'stupidity' or 'how dare you use that tone...', as calmly as possible, talk to them about what makes them say that or feel that way. Instead of telling the that they're 'wrong' (if they feel that way, it's how they feel), get them to express their thought process or what led to feeling that way (even while you're seething inside about who is trying to destroy your baby). Show that you are listening, you don't need to agree, just listen. Help them to think through what they're telling you without being preachy. If you can pull this off a few times, your teen should feel more confident about their own ideas and more likely to think them through more maturely as they discuss them with you.

Well children grow because of their high based calcium diet. Soon they will grow sooo big that even BROWN, ANDREW WAYNE wont want them