by GenesisAdmin | Sep 5, 2016 | Barriers to Learning, Behavioural Difficulties, Emotional Development, Parent guidance, Social Development |
Bullying is a serious problem and as a society we often react with great empathy to the child who is being bullied. But what if your child is the bully? Children bully others for a variety of reasons. Surprisingly when we talk to bullies we often find that they...
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 | Mar 9, 2015 | Emotional Development, Parent guidance |
The events surrounding the death of a loved one generally results in a very difficult and confusing time for a family. Young children are often doubly confused as the do not always understand what is going on and may not know how to express what they are...
by GenesisAdmin | Feb 23, 2015 | Emotional Development, Parent guidance |
Why are coping skills important? By teaching our children coping skills we are giving them the tools that will allow them to cope with challenges in the future. It might not come easily at first, but practicing these skills from an early age can be likened to...
by GenesisAdmin | Feb 9, 2015 | Early Childhood Development, Emotional Development, Parent guidance, Social Development |
Get a little creeped out when you hear your child having a conversation with thin air? Experts once believed that having an imaginary friend was a sign that something was wrong in a child’s life. They hypothesized that children who dreamed up imaginary friends...