by GenesisAdmin | Sep 5, 2016 | Behavioural Difficulties, Emotional Development, Parent guidance, Social Development |
In this video I chat to Expresso’s Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp on how parents should address bullying. It is absolutely vital that parents get involved if they know or suspect that their child is being bullied, but how they go about doing so is important: keep in...
by GenesisAdmin | Sep 5, 2016 | Behavioural Difficulties, Emotional Development, Parent guidance, Social Development |
Last week I chatted to Expresso’s Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp about bullying. In the first segment we looked at what bullying is, what the psychological effects are and what signs to look out for. Bullying can be described as aggressive behaviour by...
by GenesisAdmin | Apr 27, 2015 | Behavioural Difficulties, Parent guidance |
Most reasonable parents will understand that some form of hitting, biting, scratching and kicking is to be expected with toddlers – but what is normal and when does toddler aggression become a problem? In order to try and answer this question, lets first look at...
by GenesisAdmin | Aug 1, 2014 | Behavioural Difficulties, Parent guidance |
Disciplining teenagers presents a rather unique challenge as there’s bound to be a slight power shift in the parent child relationship as children get older – parents need their children to understand that ultimately they are still in charge, yet at the...
by GenesisAdmin | Jun 4, 2014 | Behavioural Difficulties, Early Childhood Development, Parent guidance |
“My child refuses to eat! Help!” This seems to be quite a common complaint for parents of toddlers, yet it can cause parents a lot of stress. The immediate reaction is to 1) punish the child and force him to eat, 2) give-in and give him what he wants because you’re...
by GenesisAdmin | Dec 16, 2013 | Behavioural Difficulties, Early Childhood Development, Emotional Development, Parent guidance |
Dealing with temper tantrums is undoubtedly one of the least fun aspects of parenting. The balance between building your child’s confidence and setting appropriate boundaries is easily upset and may result in a range of negative outcomes if the scale swings too...