How do you deal with a “lazy child”? Many parents have to deal with this question almost every day for the simple reason that children are among the world’s most terrible procrastinators. Having to repeat instructions over and over again – without getting anywhere – often leads to frustration, and that frustration can lead you […]
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Science-backed Tips to Improve How You Communicate With Your Child
It’s a scary time to be a parent. Information is too easily available, psychos abound, and children don’t always open up when they should. Indeed, trying to get information out of children can be a daunting task, forcing you to make do with a few crumbs of information. Yet learning to communicate effectively with your […]
10 Parenting Resolutions for 2017
Turning to Science to Keep Your Child Motivated
THERE ARE A FEW truths about motivation: Multiple studies have explored the question of motivation in children: they have focused on why some children give up, why others succeed despite enormous difficulty, and why yet other children set goals they can’t possibly achieve. Motivation matters. Much evidence suggests that children’s ability to persist through difficulty predicts […]
Controlling Children’s Tantrums: 6 Tips to Foster Self-Control
MY PARTNER STILL recalls the day our son decided to throw a royal tantrum. He was about three then. It happened on an afternoon when he had accompanied his father to do the family shopping. My partner doesn’t quite remember what sparked the tantrum. What he remembers, though, are the feelings of helplessness when our […]