Why do children misbehave? How can parents deal with misbehaviour in a positive manner? Here are some tips by our clinical psychologist—Kirsty!

Fear can be overwhelming for children, but there are steps you can take to support your child. Read this article to learn helpful tips for helping your child face and overcome their fears.

School refusal is a child or teenager’s frequent refusal to attend school over a prolonged period of time for various reasons. This often becomes troubling for both the parent and child, so what can we do about it? Read on to find out!

Why do children misbehave? How can parents deal with misbehaviour in a positive manner? Here are some tips by our clinical psychologist—Kirsty!

We all have beliefs about our own abilities and potential – so do kids. These beliefs form part of our mindset, which is so powerful that they affect how we interpret our life experiences, drive our behaviours and predict our success.

Encouraging children (especially those with ADHD) to study can be an uphill battle. With patience and understanding, there are ways to collaborate with your child and take the fight out of homework time. Here are some ways you can help your child focus on what they’re doing and learn better.

Death can be a daunting topic to broach with children. What should you say? Should you even say it? The answer: although it may be tricky, we should speak to children about grief and loss. By allowing them to understand their emotions and validating their fears, you can help build healthy coping skills that allow them to deal with grief appropriately.

As with all physical matter, we all know that kids need limits and boundaries! But, it is another thing when it comes to setting and enforcing those limits. How do we teach children boundaries in a healthy way, such that they are able to learn and still understand that we still love them? Here are some tips!

As a parent, you are constantly communicating with your child and as many of us know, words can be extremely powerful and our choice of words or phrases can have either a positive or negative impact on your child. So what should you not say to a child, and what should you say instead?

There are a myriad of tricky scenarios a caregiver is likely to encounter when trying to feed a child. Here are some of them and some helpful do’s and don’ts!

Kindness and compassion are traits that parents value highly in their children. What can parents do to nurture kind children? Here are some tips that are effective in instilling kindness in children.

Depending on how you manage and monitor your child’s screen time, there can be both benefits and risks associated with it. Read on for guidelines and tips on a healthy amount of screen time for your little one!

Ah, the age-old struggle that many parents face. Picky eaters, tantrums at the dining table, we’ve heard it all. Try these simple tips to get them to enjoy their vegetables and meet their nutritional needs.

Self-monitoring is the capacity to observe (or measure) and evaluate one’s own behaviour. It is a crucial component of executive functioning. Read on for more information on why self-monitoring is important in children and a a step-by-step process that one can follow to implement self-monitoring behaviours in a child.

A token economy is a positive reinforcement strategy to encourage and maintain appropriate performance and behaviour, be it at home or in a classroom setting. In a token economy, if a child acts or behaves in an appropriate manner, they will be able to trade their tokens for a reward or privilege.

One way to guide your child’s behaviour so that they behave appropriately is by implementing positive behaviour management — giving attention to positive behaviours (e.g. through praises) instead of punishing them for negative behaviours. Here are some steps you can take to manage your child’s behaviour in a more positive and effective way.

That’s right, even 7 year olds get stressed! Entering primary school for the first time, being in an entirely new environment, and learning new things every day - its overwhelming stuff. So how can parents support their children during this period?