I despise sulking. In my opinion it is the worst type of passive aggressive behavior that can be used by my kids. And they do use it. Often. Why? Because it works…
Sulking or pouting is a silent temper tantrum. You can spot the lip from a thousand miles. I have reached the point where I [...]
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Dealing with a Sulky Child
Categorized in Discipline, Sulking
Dealing with Sibling Rivalry
If you have more than one child, or is even just pregnant with a second child, you will know what sibling rivalry is. Sibling rivalry is the age old jealousy and fighting between brothers and sisters. In today’s age with reconstituted families – with half and stepbrothers or sisters – we can even notice more [...]
Categorized in Discipline, Sibling Rivalry
Tags: Discipline, Sibling rivalry
Using Time Out to Discipline Your Child
Since Super Nanny and Nanny 911 been introduced into our households on television, most parents with young children started using time-out as a discipline strategy in their houses. Unfortunately most parents tend to give up after a while and things go back to the way it was before. I do believe that time-out [...]
Categorized in Discipline, Using Time-Out
Tags: Discipline, Punishing your child
Oppositional Defiant Behavior in my Child
Most parents give a sigh of relief when their child turns 3 and they can relax, because this is the end of the terrible two’s. We all recognize a two year old’s temper tantrum as a normal developmental milestone to learn how to deal with their environment. Children become oppositional, angry, disobedient and defiant when [...]
Using Positive Reinforcement in Disciplining Your Children
The behaviorists introduced the term of reinforment with Pavlov’s dog reacting in the desired way, drooling, when a bell was rang before receiving his meal. A stimulus was presented, the ringing of the bell when presenting his food, which led to the desired response of the dog drooling. Eventually the dog would start to drool [...]
Categorized in Reinforcement
The Evolution of Discipline Strategies
The methods of disciplining children have changed considerably over the decades. Severe beatings used to be the norm in Ancient Greece, and became common during the nineteenth century in Europe, America and South Africa. In order to control the children more effectively, they were scared through ghost stories and other scary figures, for example the [...]
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PARENTING
Sticky Parenting Issues
Parenting
- What my Baby Should Eat
- The Battle of Fruit and Veg
- Dealing with a Sulky Child
- Helping my Child to make Friends
- Dealing with Sibling Rivalry
- Using Time Out to Discipline Your Child
- When Your Child Refuses to go to School
- Please don’t go!
- Discovering Your Child’s Personality
- Accidents during the Day or at Night
DEVELOPMENT
How Our Children Grow
Development
EDUCATION
Learning to Love to Learn
Education
- The Education our Children Receive
- Making the Decision to Home School Your Child
- How to Choose the Right Nursery School for your Child
- How to Deal with Primary School Bullies
- Online Education
- Pros and Cons of Part and Full Time Studies
- Public Schools in the United States
- Advantages of Private Schools
- Helping Your Child Decide on the Right School Subjects
- Does my Child have a Learning Disability?