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Impulsivity – Choice And Pre-Emptive Consequences
We need to understand that everything a child does is a choice, but the problem is, what are the consequences of these choices? One of the main ideas of the SmartChoiceParenting programme is that parents should encourage and allow their child to make choices, but they...
Impulsivity – 10 Useful Tips To Curb Your Child’s Behaviour
To curb your child’s impulsive behaviour you need to focus on the small things. Here are 10 tips which are easy to implement and have good outcomes: 1. The majority of kids today don’t have manners. Manners slow a child down. As an example, instead of taking your...
Impulsivity – 4 Myths About Impulsive Kids – Why Most People Are Misinformed
Myth 1: Some kids are born impulsive and others are not. All kids are born impulsive and from the moment they become aware of the world around them, what they want they take, or have attention if they don’t get the own way. A child is born subjective, in other words...
Impulsivity – Compassionate Parenting And How It’s Encouraging Impulsivity In The Child
What happens when a child is too dependent on the parent, or an adult to help them with many things? In all my years of assessing and dealing with families who had children that were not doing well at school, or had been diagnosed with some or other disorder, I noted...
Impulsivity – Why The Dramatic Increase?
Here are the reasons:- Many parents with impulsive kids believe that some kids are born impulsive and others aren’t. What all parents need to know is that every human child is born self-centred and impulsive? From the moment a tiny tot becomes aware of the world...
Impulsivity – The Importance Of Self-Esteem
Instilling self-esteem in a child is possibly the most difficult task confronting parents. The modern child tends to be very dependent on a parent to entertain them, being at their beck and call, do things for them which they might find difficult, play with them, sit...
Impulsivity And Dependence – The Role Of Parenting
To understand the rising trend of impulsivity in today's kids, we need to understand our role as parents. One of the 10 Commandments in the Bible is 'honour thy father and mother'. In other words, we should be the centre of the child's universe as they depend on us to...
Impulsivity – The Rising Trend Of Impulsivity And Other Worrying Tendencies In The Kids Of Today
I have observed a number of very worrying trends that are taking place amongst a large number of learners which I have found is mainly as a result of compassionate parenting. The new age of compassionate parenting where parents are encouraged to over-protect,...
Impulsivity – Top Tools To Help Parents Manage Their Family And Eliminate Impulsivity
Tool 1: Roster If you have more than one child, a roster is imperative as it ensures fairness and also minimises sibling rivalry. A roster can be drawn up by starting with the eldest child’s name at the top, followed by the second eldest and so on. The following day,...
10 Early Warning Signs That You Have An Impulsive Child
Why has there been such a dramatic increase in the number of children who are impulsive? Did you know – every human child is born self-centred and impulsive? From the moment a tiny tot becomes aware of the world around them and they want something, they will take it,...
My Thoughts On Speech And Occupational Therapy
(Disclaimer: The purpose of this article is not to question the integrity of speech and occupational therapists.) Speech Therapy Speech therapists have a very important role to play for speech disorders that develop in childhood. The goals of speech therapy include...
Why Modern Families Are Struggling: A Closer Look
Why are so many families in a crisis? There appears to be an increasing number of children being assessed, in therapy, and/or on some or other form of medication. Parents are experiencing more and more difficulties with their kids, having no clue how to manage them in...