There is a growing concern among teachers and many professionals working with children that there are too many children around who are surly, rude, unmotivated, and disrespectful of authority, especially to their parents and who are growing up self-centred and with a...
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...
During his many years as an educational psychologist, Dr Resnick noticed some commonalities among learners diagnosed with some form of barriers to learning. He found that all of these learners were dependent on some form of help in tasks which they were unsure of,...
The Detrimental Effects of Compassionate Parenting While well-intentioned, a modern trend of over-protective, indulgent, controlling, and coddling “compassionate parenting” may inadvertently hinder children’s development. Instead of encouraging...
In many families today, the children are the ones that seem to be in charge, and as with most things that need navigating in life, children do not have the skills or know how to navigate successfully. I liken parenting to pilots flying an aeroplane. They are in full...
I have discovered it is: Here’s how: I have a 6-year-old son who is currently in grade R. For the past 2 years his teachers have been complaining about his behaviour at school. He is an intelligent, lively child – full of ideas and imagination. His teachers say he...
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