Character building

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 […]

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 […]

Raising kids has always been hard work, and it has become harder still over the past few years. What others think of us matters, and their perceptions influence how we think, dress, react, and parent. Our social, cultural and historical contexts have a great impact on our behavior. When I was teaching third-year undergraduates, I’d […]

There is a lot of information about what you should do if your child is bullied. There’s also a lot of information about how parents can lessen the risk of bullying for their children. Problem is, much of this information is so conflicting that it is not always easy to know what to do. We […]

Negative self-talk is destructive, but it is also rather common in kids. It is a means through which your child expresses himself and what he is saying could actually mean many things: lack of confidence, fear of making a fool out of himself, fear of failure, feeling of powerlessness, stress and anxiety, and so on. […]