Anxiety can have a large impact on how a child feels and functions, affecting their friendships, sleep, school life and general wellbeing. If you are worried that your child may have an anxiety disorder, Dr Hayley Van Zwanenberg – a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Priory Wellbeing Centre Oxford – has highlighted the steps parents […]
Why your child is distracted and how you can improve his/her attention
Lack of attention in children is a common problem, but “attention” is a tricky word because it does not refer to just one aspect of your child’s behavior. It may refer to an ability to complete a complex task, the presence (or absence) of some form of automaticity in the ability to perform tasks, an […]
It’s science: Helping your child develop a positive explanatory style can boost optimism
How much of what happens to you is your fault? To what extent are you responsible for the events in your life? According to Martin Seligman, people explain events to themselves either positively or negatively, and this has an impact on their attitude. While pessimists tend to blame themselves using pessimistic explanatory styles, optimists tend […]
Why your discipline strategy isn’t working and what you can do about it
There are one thousand ways to discipline your child, but not all of them will get you the results you want. The thing is, children react differently to discipline strategies for different reasons: age, personality, the discipline issue you’re struggling with, family context, your temperament, and so on. In other words, there is no one-size-fits-all […]
