The First Years Last Forever: Parental guide to early childhood behavior and development

By Ayesha Abdulnoor Al Janahi

In this thought-provoking book, the author examines the behavior of young children in a developmental context, taking into consideration the changes as young children grow and develop. The book will show parents and caregivers ways to deal with the kids in the various stages of their life, starting from nurseries anxiety and fears associated with the kid's separation from a parent or caregiver. It will also help parents with their children's learning difficulties and disorders to help them reach their full potential. The book will highlight an important aspect which is child abuse and how to come up with a family safety plan that includes pre-planned discussions and spontaneous opportunities to teach and prepare children.

Raising young children in their early years is not exactly an easy process; it has many ups, downs, and confusions, but those early years are essential in shaping the personality of the children. During this phase, parents need to be aware of the development phases their children go through from being infants, toddlers, preschoolers, grade-schoolers, teens, all the way to being young adults.

THE FIRST YEARS LAST FOREVER is a guide to support parents and caregivers to better understand the child's behavior and psychology, and develop a healthy relationship and interactions with them from their early years. All the chapters in this book are supported by research, to ensure parents and caregivers get the most benefit that will help them in the journey of raising their children.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sail Publishing
• Release date: Jul 26, 2017
• ISBN: 9781912317325

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The First Years Last Forever

A parental guide to early childhood behavior and development

Ayesha Abdulnoor Al Janahi

Published by Sail Publishing L.L.C.

First published in 2017

Copyright © 2017 by Sail Publishing L.L.C.

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

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Introduction

In this parenting book, the author examines the behavior of young children in a developmental context, and takes into consideration the changes as young children grow and develop. The book will show parents and caregivers ways to deal with the children in the various stages of their life, starting from the nursery, where there is anxiety and fear associated with his or her separation from a parent or other significant person. It will also help parents with their children’s learning difficulties and disorders, to help their kids grow to reach their full potential.  The book will also highlight the important issue of child abuse and how to come up with a family safety plan that includes pre-planned discussions and spontaneous opportunities to teach awareness to children.

Raising children in their early years is not exactly an easy process; it has many ups, downs, and confusions, but those early years are essential in shaping the personality of the child. During this phase, parents need to be aware of the developmental phases their children go through, from being infants, toddlers, preschoolers, grade-schoolers, teens, all the way to being young adults.

The First Years Last Forever is a guide to support parents and caregivers to better understand children’s behavior and psychology, and develop healthy relationships and interactions with them from their early years. All the chapters in this book are supported by research, to ensure parents and caregivers are benefitted with examples and evidence, which will help them in the journey of raising their child.

Written in collaboration with Arabian Child organization (www.arabianchild.org)

Table of Contents

Introduction

Discipline in Early Years

Get Ready, Get Set, Learn!

Separation Anxiety in Children

Bilingual Education in Nurseries

Protect Your Child from Abuse

The Invisible Wounds

Trust is Planted

Fine Line Between Imagination and Lying

Correctable but Hidden

Instill Patriotism That Lasts

Avoiding Landmines Around A Pure Social Path

Help Children To Bounce Back

Self-Esteem is a Lifelong Process

Children On Downhill Drive

What Happens Online Stays On Google Forever

Through Your Child’s Eyes

Be Careful What You Model

Discipline in Early Years

Figure 1 - Artwork by Dubai Abuhoul

Never regret anything that has happened in your life. It cannot be changed, undone or forgotten, so take it as a lesson learned and move on.

As a parent of a young child, you know how difficult it is to deal with challenging behavior and perhaps you have often said my son screams in public when he does not get his way, my daughter whines and cries at mealtimes, or my two children are always fighting. So what are effective disciplining strategies that we can use with our children that will help them achieve self-control and will ease their challenging behavior?

Sometimes our first reaction to their wrongdoing is a harsh NO. Other times, we lose our temper and snap back at them pointing and waving our finger and warning them, or putting them in timeout. However, researchers found that these harsh disciplining techniques may succeed in the short-term, with a sudden halt of their actions, but in the long term, they fail to help children grow or react any differently in the future. Not all children are the same. Some are more temperamentally difficult than others, but often, our reactions as parents can encourage their challenging