ScottCounseling

Self-esteem is just that… SELF esteem! Self refers to the person who owns or possesses his or her own esteem. Is it possible to build someone else’s esteem? Parents, educators and child psychology and behavioral specialist have all pondered that question. Here are some self-esteem factors for parents to consider.

Signs That Your Child Has Poor Self-Esteem

• Your child gives up easily

Television? Phone Use? Instant Messaging? Eating? Friends? Late Nights? Homework? Activities?

Do Children Need Limits?

It’s important for parents to enforce rules and set limits for their children. Youth surveys indicate that children feel more secure when parents set limits. Consider the following when enforcing rules and setting limits:

Consequences should be meaningful, a learning opportunity and appropriate for the child’s age, situation and child’s reasoning ability.

Don’t make threats or set a consequence that you can’t apply.

Try to let your child know in advance what the consequences will be for breaking a set rule.

Enter your search terms
Submit search form

Web
www.scottcounseling.com… Continue Reading

Peer pressure is a tough issue for every child to manage. Everyone wants to have and keep friends. Parents need to help their child realize that peer pressure is a normal part of life and child behavior. Parents also need to help their child cope with peer pressure. The following brief steps are written to help you, the parent, begin to assist your child with this important issue.
Help your child to become more assertive with his or her friends by:

Teaching your child to use a calm but firm voice. Say, “No, I don’t care to be with you guys when you do that stuff.”

Role-play with your child: The parent plays the part of the negative influence… Continue Reading

As your child is growing and developing physically, socially, emotionally, and intellectually, it’s important for parents to recognize what stage of development their child is at. Parents who recognize the differences in the developmental growth stages are often more successful in parenting. Read through the developmental differences listed below. Keep in mind that children grow at different rates with different degrees of success and failure. As always, it’s important for parents to check with their pediatrician while their child is progressing through the developmental stages described in this article.

Physical Development

Steady and slow growth development occurs in children in this age group.
Some body pains, especially in the legs and knees are common. Check with your medical doctor if growth pains persist.

High school… Continue Reading

As your child is growing and developing physically, socially, emotionally, and intellectually, it’s important for parents to recognize what developmental stage their child is at. Parents who recognize the differences in the developmental growth stages are often more successful in parenting. Read through the developmental differences listed below. Keep in mind that children grow at different rates with different degrees of success and failure. As always, it’s important for parents to check with their pediatrician while their child is progressing through the developmental stages described in this article.

Physical Development

Rapid growth is common in the physical developmental stage. Girls often mature faster than boys. Girls are often taller than boys. It’s not uncommon for children in this age… Continue Reading

Holidays can be a stressful and difficult time for many individual and families. Family traditions and gatherings bring about excitement and joy for many individuals. But for some, the holidays bring extra stress and exhaustion. ScottCounseling recognizes child psychology author, Christopher Williams, for supplying the reader with some helpful holiday “stress-release” tips.

Sleigh bells are jingling, tree lights are twinkling and shoppers are crowding into the stores. Warm greetings are given, carolers are singing and families are gathering once more. Once again it is the Christmas season. For many it is the best of times; a time to anticipate celebration, tradition, and holiday cheer. But for others, it is the worst of times as the added stress of the… Continue Reading

Parents searching for helpful hints to make your shopping experience with your child an enjoyable one will find this article to be very helpful. Children can and will learn from their parents while shopping. The opportunity to learn how to make decisions, how to select the right product and how to use money wisely can all be a part of the child-parent shopping experience. Child psychology and child behavior experts discuss the importance of taking time to prepare your child for for trips outside of the home; especially trips to public places. A child’s social development depends on parenting that involves instruction on child behavioral expectations outside of the home. Below are some helpful hints and expectations to share with with your child before… Continue Reading

For many children, just mentioning the word doctor or hospital can cause stress. Children remember their first experiences getting their required school shots, annual physicals and routine check-ups. Many hospitals have trained full time social workers, communication experts and child psychology and development experts on staff to help parents and children learn coping methods to help reduce hospital fears and stress. This parenting article provided by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network will provide parents with some helpful information to assist you in helping your child to cope.

Parenting children through a traumatic and stress symptoms are common after a serious illness, injury, or hospitalization. Even though it is your child who is ill or injured, your whole family… Continue Reading

Most of us can share a story when we were shopping in a store and witnessing a young child throwing a temper tantrum. Child psychology and child behavior specialist agree that letting your emotions “go” can be healthy, but at what developmental stage in life is it inappropriate? Parent child development experts, R.J. Fetsch and B. Jacobson share some of their insights and expertise on how to handle a child’s anger and temper tantrums.

Some Quick Facts:

Tantrums typically appear at age 2 or 3 and start to decline by 4.

Twenty-three to 83 percent of all 2- to 4-year-olds have occasional temper tantrums.

How parents respond is critical in tantrum management.

Parents can learn to calm themselves, state clear rules, notice and… Continue Reading