Sticker Power
As someone who has never felt the need to reward using stickers I decided to give it a go last week. I made a 7 day chart for the wall and with my children we came up with 4 actions that they would need to do each day to gain a ...
Why Does My Child Misbehave?
All children misbehave and sometimes we lose sight of why they are behaving a certain way, a way that we don't particularly like. Here are five reasons why children do it. 1. To get your attention 2. Because they don’t know what to do in a new setting or situation. 3. They copy your behaviour, what ...
5 Ways To Help Your Child Become More Self-Aware
As children grow up they need to be familiar with who they are, what their skills, weakness and strengths are and how their behaviour affects others and themselves. This will allow them to like and respect themselves and have a healthy self-esteem. You can help them ‘get to know themselves’ by: 1. ...
Table Manners
For about three or four years now we have had rules for mealtimes at the dinner table. The number of rules drawn up was very long since I had asked the children what they thought the rules should be. With over twenty rules we managed to weedle out the 'you have to eat all ...
Is Your Child Obstructive In The Morning?
I was talking the other day with a group of mums about our children and we were discussing the whole getting ready in the morning schedule and how well their children respond to getting themselves up and dressed. Most of us said that we did not have a problem - our ...
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