Behavioural Problems...
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Children and Aggressive Outbursts
Children tend to show natural aggression beginning around their second birthday. The “terrible twos” are brewing at this point and children have developed to the point...
Children and Bedwetting
Bedwetting can be baffling to parents but embarrassing for children, so many families struggle through years of bedwetting before asking for further information or...
Children and Biting
Many children go through a biting phase, often related to teething when they are young but sometimes due to aggression when they are older. Whatever the cause, biting...
Children and Body Rocking
Body rocking or the repetitive and rhythmic self-rocking of a child’s body, is a common method of self-soothing in young children. Generally, children who engage in...
Children and Breath Holding
At some time most children get the bright idea that holding their breath will force their parents to give them something that they want. Usually these threats are...
Children and Encopresis
Parents and child-carers will recognise the difficult situation that can occur when a child soils his or herself, and will know that accidents do happen occasionally...
Children and Excessive Shyness
All children exhibit shyness at some time or another but some children suffer from an overwhelming shyness which cripples them in social situations. This type of...
Children and Hair Pulling
Though it’s not very fun for the person under attack, children often take great delight in pulling the hair of others. Hair pulling is not necessarily an aggressive act...
Children and Head Banging
Head banging or a child’s repeated action of banging his/her head (usually against a wall) may be hard for parents to watch, but children often engage in this behaviour...
Children and Hitting
Children may hit others for a variety of reasons in order to gain attention and possibly even to self-soothe. Adults should take note of when and where children tend...
Children and Nail Biting
Nail biting is primarily a nervous habit in children. Much like thumb sucking or carrying around a favourite toy, nail biting provides children with a sense of comfort...
Children and Picky Eating
Picky eating can be frustrating for parents, but most children will attempt to eat only what they enjoy, so picky eating is therefore not abnormal in their own...
Children and Pinching
Children may begin to pinch others around their first birthdays and continue on through the “terrible twos” until the behaviour naturally dies out around their third...
Children and Public Temper Tantrums
Children throw temper tantrums as a way to express the pent-up anger frustration and sometimes even fear that they are not always able to verbalise. Not all children...
Children and Self-Harm
Self harming may be one of the hardest behaviours for people to understand, but many children participate in various means of self harm, including cutting, burning, hair...
Children and Sleep Disruptions
Sleep disruptions are incredibly common in children, which is unfortunate because sleep is important for growing kids. Not only do children lead active lives and...
Children and Stealing
It is very common for children who have not yet reached school age to steal, mainly because children do not understand that concept of private property at such a young...
Children and Swearing
Kids are increasingly using language that adults may find objectionable especially when it comes from the mouths of children. Overall, society has taken a more relaxed...
Children and Thumb Sucking
When babies find their thumbs for the very first time, popping them into their mouths, parents are likely to grab their cameras to take a shot of the happy moment. For...
Children and Tics
Tics are repeated but involuntary muscle movements, so when they happen in children it may first appear that the child is acting out rather than the victim of...
Children and Urinary Incontinence
Incontinence, or the loss of urinary control, can be highly embarrassing for children whether it happens in public or in private, during the day or at night. The...
Children and Whining
Whining sometimes comes naturally to children, much to the chagrin of most parents. Having to hear complaints, particularly when they are drawn out in a high pitched...
Single Parenting: Child Behaviour and the Home
If you have been living as a family, and a couple, then you'll have been used to dividing up all household chores and duties. However, now you...
Your Child's Behaviour and Relationship Problems
The way that your children behave will change if you are experiencing relationship problems, and it is vital to recognise this early on so that...
