Does time-out as a discipline approach harm your child? Can time-in really help improve your child’s behavior? Is there a secret to effectively disciplining your child? Child discipline issues are among the most common problems parent face. These could look anything like: Your son will not listen and won’t respond when spoken to Your daughter […]
How emotional unavailability affects your child’s emotional competence
Being in a relationship with an emotionally unavailable person means having to constantly struggle to deal with an evasive partner. We all know that getting an avoidant partner to open up about his or her feelings can feel like a Herculean task. But emotional unavailability is more than just having a problem navigating one’s emotions. […]
What science wants you to know about managing your child’s behavior issues
Problem behavior in children is a long-standing issue parents across the world continue to struggle with today. Across different generations and different cultures, varying discipline approaches have been used to manage children’s inappropriate behavior, with varying degrees of success. Child discipline tactics have ranged from completely extreme behavior management methods to somewhat laxist strategies. But what […]
How to use positive self-talk to change your child’s mindset and behavior
Years ago, Emile Coué, a French physician, caused quite a stir when he claimed that he had succeeded in treating some of his patients by using the power of affirmations. Coué said that when patients were told about the effectiveness of a specific medicine, they healed faster than when they received no information. This would […]
5 Issues that affect your child’s behavior and how to help
Not all perfectly normal kids are walking at 15 months, not all toddlers can say 20 words by 18 months, and not all “normal” five-year-olds can write their names. While it is normal to feel anxious when your child has developmental delays, there is usually nothing to worry about. The thing to remember is that […]