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Body awareness

Body awareness is noticing physical cues, such as a tight chest or clenched fists, that signal emotions are building.

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Body Awareness Development in Infancy

Body Awareness Development in Infancy

What Body Awareness Means in Infancy Body awareness is a broad neurodevelopmental capacity rather than a single milestone. It includes interoceptive information about internal bodily states, proprioceptive information about joint position and muscle activity, vestibular information about head movement and gravity, and exteroceptive information from touch and vision. An infant’s brain must gradually combine these […]

What to do when a child becomes upset by small disappointments

What to do when a child becomes upset by small disappointments

Understand why small disappointments can feel so big For adults, a small disappointment may look objectively minor. For a young child, however, the intensity is often real. The prefrontal cortex, which supports inhibition, planning, flexible thinking, and perspective-taking, matures gradually across childhood and adolescence. The limbic system, which helps generate threat responses and strong emotions, […]