Shy children, rebellious children, introverted children, defiant children… Being a mother sometimes feels like you need to carry around a psychology textbook. However, with love and patience, your intuition and our advice, you’ll learn to understand what emotion or need is behind everything your child does.
High demand children are active and require a lot of care, as they’re more sensitive and demanding. If your child cries all the time, is always hungry, needs attention, wants to spend all day glued to you, and always requires…
From one day to the next, your little one, that sweet and complacent child that always cooperated with a smile, has begun to say no to absolutely everything. They don’t want to put their socks on, they don’t want to…
Children who often feel down are usually diagnosed with childhood depression or mood disorder. There are many reasons for this condition – one that occurs in the early years of life or that may also show itself in adolescence. There…
Parents often use punishments to try to correct their children’s bad behavior. However, most parents use this method without knowing the differences between positive and negative punishment. Punishment is the least recommended behavior modification technique and should only be used…
The sociometric test is a good tool that can help teachers observe the relationships among students in a classroom. In this way, teachers can prevent and detect possible cases of bullying. For this reason, teachers must learn how to use…
When children get angry about anything and everything, it’s often a sign of hidden underlying problems. Therefore, it’s important to offer them special care and attention to help them deal with these issues. Today, we’ll take a closer look at…
Reinforcement is a good teaching and training method that seeks to correct children’s behavior. As the name implies, this technique focuses on reinforcing desirable behavior in order to encourage the children to do it more often. And, in turn, it…
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) involves antisocial behavior that leads to hostility and disobedience. As the name suggests, children with ODD are defiant and uncooperative with authority figures. Children usually develop oppositional defiant disorder around the age of eight. If children have a…
“When he’s with family, he expresses himself correctly. However, my son doesn’t speak outside the home, especially to strangers.” Does this phrase sound familiar to you? If you’re experiencing the same situation with your child, we invite you to read…
As parents, it should be a priority for us to get to know our children as much as we possibly can. Being aware of the differences between shy and introverted children will help us know what our children need and…
Have you ever wondered whether we should stop babies from sucking their thumb? Don’t worry, it happens more often than you think. There are a lot of parents who asked themselves the same question. It’s fine if you’re concerned about…
Usually, children lie in the interest of self-preservation. They want to avoid punishment for doing something that wasn’t allowed in the first place. Nonetheless, many parents become concerned and they wonder how they can stop children from lying. Lying is…
You may have seen your children become angry a thousand different times, either with you, with a friend from school, or with anyone around them. On many occasions, children tend to let their anger get the best of them, and…
When children reach two years of age, they enter a stage of big physiological and psychological changes, almost like a small puberty. They begin to demand autonomy and express their character in ways that, at times, can exasperate their parents…
While parents are waiting for their baby to be born, they tend to imagine a series of expectations about the child’s appearance, personality, capacities, etc. But, when the child is born with a disability, they have to come to terms…