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Scientific Parenting Diary is a podcast for curious, thoughtful parents who want to raise children with clarity, confidence, and compassion.
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38.Beyond Following Directions: How Children Begin to Plan Ahead (opens the original)
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If a five-year-old can follow directions—put on their shoes, grab a water bottle, brush their teeth, and get ready for bed—does that mean they already know how to plan? Not quite. Following a plan and creating one are two very different things. For young children, planning doesn’t begin with calendars, schedules, or carefully organized to-do lists. It starts much smaller: understanding that events have an order, beginning to think about what comes next, imagining a future need and preparing for
37."Fiver more minutes": why is it so hard for children to stop? (opens the original)
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Why do preschoolers keep asking for “five more minutes”—even when we have already warned them that it is time to stop? For young children, leaving the playground, putting away the blocks, ending a favorite activity, or settling down for bed is not simply a matter of listening or refusing to listen. A successful transition draws on developing skills such as attentional shifting, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and emotion regulation. In this episode of The Scientific Parenting Diary, w
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