4-9 years: - Going to school and growing up

• Child development
• Nutrition & diet
• Answering their questions
• Behaviour
• Bedtime & toilet
• Parenting skills

• Family changes
• Your child's health
• Siblings
• Primary school education
• Pocket money & finance
• General features

Child development

• 4-7 years: Physical Development
• 4-7 years: Physical Development
• 4-7 years: Intellectual Development
• 7-9 years: Physical Development
• 7-9 years: Intellectual Development
• Learning the concept of time
• Developing opinions and personality
• Independence and socialising
• Insecurities and peer pressure

Nutrition & diet

• Child-friendly Restaurant Guide
• Comfort eating
• Can a 7-yr-old be anorexic?
• Constantly eating 4-yr-old
• Coping with an allergy-restricted diet at Christmas

Answering their questions

• Where do babies come from?
• Is Father Christmas real?
• Dealing with natural disasters
• Worried about war
• Forces family in war time
• Talking through child fears

Behaviour

• Encouraging children to be honest
• Watching too much TV
• When a 6-yr-old rules the family
• Tantrums at 8-yrs-old
• Trouble making friends
• Bad habits; nose-picking, hair-chewing..
• Shyness and negativity
• Afraid of change
• Bossy and over-competitive...
• 4-yr-old wants 100% attention
• 9-yr-old says she hates me
• I'll show you mine...
• Fear of dogs
• Changing aggressive behaviour
• Is it school phobia?

Bedtime & toilet

• Bedwetting: Member Tips
• Afraid of the dark
• Won't sleep alone!
• Establishing good sleeping habits
• But bedtime's for babies...!
• Soiling and attention seeking
• Afraid of wetting herself in class
• 4-yr-old still wetting herself
• Still bedwetting at 7

Parenting skills

• What your 4-9 year old expects from you
• Giving freedom within limits
• Are you scared to let go?
• Listening to your child
• Praising your 4-9 year old
• Labels: Don't give your child a bad name
• Change the label; change the behaviour
• Avoiding argument flashpoints
• Arguing with the under 10s
• Mending a damaged relationship
• Alternatives to smacking

Family changes

• Parental visits after divorce
• Does shared custody unsettle children?
• Primary age children and step-siblings
• Helping under-10s prepare for a new baby
• Talking through divorce with your child

Your child's health

• Chickenpox
• Prescribed glasses for the first time
• Member's Tips On Headlice
• Dental hygiene
• Russell-Silver syndrome
• Hidden disabilities in a 4-yr-old
• 5-yr-old diagnosed with ADD
• Persistently runny nose
• Glue ear
• Worms
• Scabies

Siblings

• Beat the bickering
• Under 10s sibling rivalry
• When one sibling is a high achiever
• Why comparing siblings doesn't work
• Treating siblings fairly but differently
• Guilty of favouritism?

Primary school education

• How To Find Out About Primary Schools
• Choosing A Primary School For Your Child
• Is Your Child Being Bullied At Primary School?
• Tackling Primary School Bullies
• After-School Activities
• Classroom Volunteers and PTA
• Becoming A School Governor
• How To Complain To The School
• Does My Child Have A Learning Problem?
• September-Born Children
• Out-Of-School Childcare
• Too Bright For Teacher
• No Chance To Fulfil Potential
• Diagnosed Dyslexic
• Special Needs at Pre-School
• Shy Child Starting School
• Right To Choose Primary School
• Appealing First Choice School
• 4-yr-old Hates Phonics
• Angel At Home, Devil At School
• Only Boy In The Class
• Support Organisations: Education

Pocket money & finance

• It doesn't grow on trees!
• Primary school kids and materialism
• How much pocket money?
• Stingy parents - or spoilt kids?
• Should you pay your kids for chores?
• Children's bank accounts

General features

• Members' Tips: Birthday Parties
• Members' Tips: Turning Off The TV
• Coping with travel sickness
• Lisping 5-yr-old
• Choosing a good babysitter
• Your child's safety online