It is quite common for babies and young children to be shy. Babies may "cling" to their parents, cry in different social situations, hide or turn their heads away from people to deliberately avoid contact, or close their eyes.

Along with empathy and pride, children start feeling frustrated when they reach the toddler years. In fact, frustration is an emotion you’ll probably see a lot of at this age!

Young children’s behavior can be frustrating and sometimes unacceptable—to them and to you. “Time Out”—sometimes called “Taking a Break”—is one way that you may try to guide your child, ages 3 to 6, toward calmer and more positive ways of behaving. If these strategies are used consistently and in a loving spirit, they will not cause children to feel anger, shame, or fear, as “smacking” children does. Children differ in their development, temperaments, and needs. Your own family also has its own values and preferences. Keeping those differences in mind, you might try some of the suggestions below. All of them should be used in a loving way and never as a punishment. They are ways to help your preschool child learn to calm herself and to gradually learn other ways to show emotions and to interact with others.

Your child is learning to express and manage emotions. This is great news for your child and for you, because it means less frustration and impatience and fewer tantrums.

Toddlers develop imagination and creativity through play.You can expect lots of pretend play in the toddler years. It’s a great way for toddlers to learn.Play ideas to develop toddler imagination include reading, drawing, dress-ups, nature walks, treasure boxes, messy play and more.

Learning about emotions helps your child feel happier and cope better with problems.You can help your child learn about emotions anytime and anywhere.Choose an emotion, name the emotion, and show your child the emotion with your face and body.

Key points Your child’s environment can influence his behaviour. If you change your child’s environment, you can often change your child’s behaviour. You can change the physical environment, the timing of activities, and your requests and instructions.

Some situations make difficult behaviour from your child more likely – for example, going on car trips, shopping or visitors coming over. Planning ahead can help you manage situations that are challenging for you and your child. To plan ahead for good behaviour, use the seven steps in this guide. Start by identifying challenging situations.

If you’re bilingual, you use two languages. If you’re multilingual, you use more than two.Raising multilingual or bilingual children has many benefits. It can create strong family and cultural bonds, and it has potential academic benefits as well. Yet raising multilingual or bilingual children may have challenges in time and effort.

The best way to help young children learn broad vocabularies in languages other than the "majority language" is to consistently use the "home language" or "heritage language" with them in the early years. However, some families use two languages at home; either way, you can support your child’s multilingual or bilingual development through play, community activities and everyday activities at home.