All Entries in the "Behavior Problems" Category
‘Superheroes’ Are Not Good Role Models For Boys
The strong and omnipotent super hero who goes about doling out their own brand of instant justice may be an attractive one, and one that many of us have grown up with, but psychologists are saying that superheroes may be sending the wrong message and may be the wrong image for boys to emulate.
If we [...]
Warning Signals Of Sexual Abuse In Children
Sexual abuse in children can be very traumatic not only to your child, but to you and your family as well. It is an experience that can have a lifelong physical, emotional, mental and psychological effect to your child.
Being knowledgeable of the warning signals may help you detect it in your child and may prevent [...]
Digital Drugs – What Are Those?
‘Digital drugs’ are available off the internet for a variety of different reasons – they supposedly help you relax and relieve stress, they improve your mood and confidence, improve sexual performances and even help acquire extra sensory powers – some of the effects of marijuana, LSD, cocaine and ecstasy can apparently be simulated with digital [...]
Do We Teach Our Child To Lie?
Most of us would respond with a loud and indignant NO at this question but do ask yourself if we don’t, albeit quite unknowingly, pass on the lying habit to our children.
Take for instance the fact that we teach our children how to be polite: we will typically tell them that they [...]
Parents To Be Punished For Kids Playing Truant, Drinking
According to the recent news, it would seem that the authorities are putting more of the onus of children’s good behavior on parents and are going to punish them for their kid’s bad behavior.
In Sacramento County, it becomes illegal for adults to provide alcohol to kids under age 21. Parents have been warned that underage [...]
Why do Children Lie?
When toddlers and young children lie, many parents would naturally be assailed by doubts about ‘what did I do wrong’ or ‘does my child have no conscience’.
Now the fact is that we are not born with a conscience and that is a socializing factor that society and elders teach us.
So, when [...]
R Rated Movie Could Encourage Underage Drinking, Says Study
According to a recent study, those children who watch R rated movies are more likely to start drinking early in life than those who are not allowed to watch them. Around 3600 children from middle school were questioned, which led to the following conclusions:
Among the kids whose parents never permitted them to view R rated [...]
Spanking Could Lead To Aggression, Tantrums And Defiance
We have been told for a while now that you must spare the rod to save the child and this recent study lends even more credence to this premise. Apparently, if you spank your preschooler you are more likely to have a child who is defiant, throws tantrums and is more frustrated and prone to [...]
The Phoebe Prince Case – A New Bullying
The Phoebe Prince suicide which resulted from bullying is making headlines all over, and is being referred to as a watershed for American Schools.
There are a number of reasons put forward for the ‘New Bullying’ which we are witnessing an upsurge in recent times:
Students have less play time. Whereas in earlier days, kindergarten and preschool [...]
3 Tips For Good Children’s Behavior
Parenting does not end merely when they are able to produce children and having the financial capability to back them up in terms of education and a good life. There is such a concept called children’s behavior that parents need to take into full consideration, especially in the child’s formative years.
The concept of molding children’s [...]
