Hi, my name is Dr Ken Resnick and I’m an educational psychologist who has developed and evaluated by way of a doctoral thesis a unique and very effective parenting programme which I’ve called Smartchoiceparenting and SmartchoiceTeaching. During my research, I...
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,...
Many parents are confused as to when to teach their children the value of money. Smartchoiceparenting shows you how. Pocket money can be introduced once a child is able to talk. Both pocket money and responsibility should be increased as the child gets older. A...
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...
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