Screen Time for Kids: Setting Healthy Limits and Encouraging Learning
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!
How to Get Your Child to Eat Vegetables
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 Behaviour - The What, Why and How
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.
Token Economy
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.
Positive Parenting - Behaviour Management
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.
Stress Management for Primary School Children
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?