Being both an educator and a parent, I have often found it difficult to avoid drawing parallels between educating and parenting: How come some teachers/parents never have to raise their voices to get obeyed and others seem to have to yell to get the slightest attention from their students/children? How come certain teachers/parents seem to […]
Mindful discipline
15 discipline mistakes that make it harder to manage your child’s problem behavior
How do you discipline a child who will not listen? Is there a “best way” to discipline children? How can you ensure that your discipline strategy does not harm your child? These are among the questions that many parents struggle with and while there is no one-size-fits-all response, we now know that certain discipline approaches […]
An age by age guide to understanding and managing your child’s problem behavior
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]