Separation anxiety: How to leave your child for the first time
It’s nearly back-to-school time and that means that some children will be starting school for the first time, others will be moving to new schools and most will be moving up an academic year to new classroom surroundings and a new teacher.
Now, I’m a confident thirty-something woman but even I get a bit apprehensive when I try something new. It’s normal for even the most outgoing of people so it must be incredibly scary for a young child entering a completely new environment.
Luckily, most teachers are very used to dealing with separation anxiety and they have time-tested procedures to allow children to adapt as easily as possible and integrate into the class successfully. But what about us mums? Read more »
Are You Rewarding Good Behaviour? Or Bribing?
Parenting is a funny old game.
Rewarding good behaviour, rather than bad is something which we all try to do, and I’d suggest that, broadly speaking at least, it’s something which most of us agree is a good thing.
But have you crossed the line? Are you rewarding good behaviour? Or bribing your child to behave?
Is there a difference?
Day to day, I speak to lots of parents, and recently it’s something which I’ve been asked about rather a lot.
