Watching a child grieve is one of the most painful experiences in any parent’s life. If your child has gone through a difficult loss, you may be concerned that he’ll never return to his normal self. Many parents worry that their child’s grief-related nightmares, social withdrawal, apathy, and emotional issues won’t completely subside with time, but ...
Communicating with young children can be challenging even for adults, so it’s no surprise that kids under five often have difficulty talking to one another. If you have a small child, you’ve probably been in situations where your child appeared to be happily interacting with a sibling or peer, only for one party to suddenly get upset or ...
In some settings, compromise can strengthen the bond you have with your child, without sabotaging your authority. Collaboratively finding solutions during disagreements, allowing your child to discuss household rules with you, and letting an adolescent progressively earn more freedom are all examples of healthy, productive compromise. Using negotiation tactics to get your child to do what you want, on the ...
Over the last 50 years, aggressive behaviour has become more prevalent among children and adolescents of both genders. This change has occurred alongside other issues, like increased anxiety and greater problems with attention and organization, that leave many children in a perpetually reactive, high-stress state. Without adequate healthy coping skills, kids dealing with these challenges sometimes use fighting to discharge the ...
The last two years have been a period of prolonged stress and isolation for many people, leading to an increase ...
Too often, the emotional side of giftedness is overlooked; for all that we laud the intellectual complexity of giftedness, seldom ...
With climate change becoming an increasingly common theme in politics, news, and even entertainment, it’s no wonder more young ...
Learning how to forgive and be forgiven is one of the most important lessons of childhood. As parents, we want our kids to empathize with others, demonstrate compassion, and take responsibility for their actions. From an early age, we tell our children to apologize after they’ve caused harm, believing that apologizing will encourage the aforementioned traits. Unfortunately, research shows ...
In modern Western society, we typically view play as being separate from learning. However, while children’s games appear casual and spontaneous, they serve many crucial developmental functions. When kids engage in unstructured social activities, they use their imaginations to simulate diverse experiences, which serve as a model for real-life situations. They learn how to negotiate and cooperate with other ...
We all want our children to treat others with kindness, empathy, and compassion. Many of the rules and boundaries we set are designed to teach our kids what is (and isn’t) socially appropriate, and we constantly strive to inform our children about the ways their actions can affect others. However, the manner in which we discipline our children has ...
The essence of a thriving family dynamic lies in a healthy parent-child relationship. This bond shapes a child’s future relationships, self-esteem, behaviours, and abilities to cope with stress and adversity. According to the research studies, this is pivotal to not only a child’s cognitive skills but also their psychological and emotional wellbeing. The Foundation of Parent-Child Relationships When ...
