Tag: child behaviour
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What is the difference between stress and anger
Stress and anger often appear together, but treating them as the same thing makes parenting harder. Stress can build as pressure, tiredness, uncertainty or too many demands accumulate. Anger is a specific emotional response that can rise quickly when the child experiences frustration, obstruction or unfairness. Understanding the difference helps parents respond to the underlying…
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How to adapt parenting to a child’s changing needs
Children do not all express the same needs in the same way, and the balance can change as they grow. This parenting approach brings together three recurring needs: connection, competence and control or autonomy. It argues that children function more evenly when all three receive attention, while also showing that one need may appear more…
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Seven repair rules that teach children responsibility
Children often learn that “sorry” is the word that ends trouble. They say it quickly, the adult accepts it and everyone moves on. Apology matters, but if nothing else happens, the child can miss the deeper lesson: responsibility means helping to deal with the effect of your actions. A simple set of repair rules can…