Category: Children and Adolescents

It is our responsibility to facilitate transitions and help children adjust to the upcoming task. Perhaps I can offer an illustration to make things clearer. Imagine a child completely distracted in play at around 0800pm. He wanders in his imagination … Read more

Hats. We wear so many of them every day. Each one represents a different role that we occupy in our life. As we float from one role to the next we move along a transition period which allows us to … Read more

The tricky part with non-verbal communication is that it is always up for interpretation. Take a baby’s cry as an example. More experienced parents claim to be able to make out what the baby wants by recognizing the different pitch … Read more

This blog is also not intended to discredit any diagnosis of behavioural disorders. There is ample research that proves the existence of patterns of misbehaviours which can be ascribed to a disorder and many of my colleagues who are more … Read more

Misbehaviour seems to be one of the greatest challenges of our time. At least this is the sense I get when I observe families. I frequently attend media programs, who want to discuss this topic which only reinforces my hunch … Read more

Do not worry about it too much. Eventually, children will receive a sense of fit within particular activities, and they would probably pursue them on their own. I assure you. This seems to me a natural consequence of maturing, which … Read more

I have mentioned in previous blogs that curiosity is the driving force of child development. Their keen interest gives them the push to plunge in explorations of the world around them. Childhood is a time to get a taste of … Read more

It has been a while since I last wrote a blog on parenting. I was astounded to realise that I have set aside this theme for so long in my reflections, considering this is my most preferred area. Actually it … Read more

By delaying soothing we are effectively permitting this hormone to remain in the baby’s system for an abnormally long time frame. Whilst cortisol is an important part of the human system, prolonged presence of this chemical in our system may … Read more

One should not pick up a baby immediately when it cries. This was the parenting advice that many have been given in the past decades. We were taught to believe that this effectively removes over protection and creates healthy independent … Read more