CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Happiness shouldn’t be the goal
If someone were to ask us what do we want for our children the most, most likely we would answer: I just want my child to be happy. That is, at first, logical and expected answer. We do want our…
Transitions and why they are hard for kids
The majority of people would love to control and predict people and events around them. Needless to say, things cannot be controlled and outcomes cannot be so easily foreseen. And this is the adults we are talking about. But what…
Punishment based discipline
Yelling, shaming, blaming, and spanking is all punishment-based way to discipline a child. The results are visible in a short term, we do see compliance but in a long run, it will cause a child to be a people-pleaser, it…
The “Bad kid” role
Have you been in a situation where you are desperately trying to change your child’s behaviour but the more you try to “fix” things the more you realize that you are just spinning in circles? The reason is simple: kids…