For an updated list of recommended readings on the subject, please visit the: Beyond Consequences Institute. To learn more about positive parenting techniques, visit http://www.postfamilysystem.com andhttp://www.parentingtheadoptedchild.com .B. Bryan Post PhD, LCSW, is an internationally recognized expert in the treatment of children and families struggling with issues related to trauma, attachment and bonding.
Parenting The Attachment Challenged Child Take for example the analogy of an iceberg. Typically when we refer to an iceberg we are referring to what we see above the surface. However, 90% of every iceberg is invisible, lying under the surface. What you consider to be an iceberg is really only the tip. It’s an overwhelming thought when considering how enormous an iceberg is above the surface. Imagine the other 90% lurking underneath...... Similar Editorial : Child Parenting by Donald Saunders. | Source : Child Development Physical
Time-out Sucks…away Your Child’s Emotional Security One of the most commonly used parenting techniques in current day used throughout schools, homes, and day cares is “time-out”. “Timeout” is based primarily on a way of thinking that implies children act out for attention. Therefore, if a child is acting out ‘for’ attention, you don’t want to reward the child but rather give the child ‘time-out’ to think about their negative behaviors, thereby...... Similar Editorial : Time Out by A. Raymond Randall, Jr.. | Source : Security Door Locks
The Adopted Child: Trauma And Its Impact Adopted at the age of six months, Joseph was a fussy and sometimes hard to soothe infant. Feeling as though this was just normal infant difficulties with the adjustment of adoption, Pat and Robert paid it little attention. When Joseph reached the age of two and began to bite the other children in daycare, they chalked it up to the dreaded two-year old stage of which everyone assumes to be okay....... Similar Editorial : The ADD Child by Jeanne Bauer. | Source : Child Adoption
How To Overcome Your Child's Lying: Three Step Lying Solution 1. Make sure that your son is attending all of his classes daily. Call the teachers, e-mail them, do whatever you must to ensure he is attending. If he is not, then we must focus on this issue first. Let him quit wrestling if wants to. Continuing to wrestle and being stressed out is not worth the positives that might be gained at this time. (This topic alone is fodder for an entire article!)2....... Similar Editorial : Your Childs Self by Susan Howson. | Source : Kids Play
The Illogical Use Of Logic With Children Can you recall when you were a child doing something that caused your mother or father upset? Considering the transgression was not too offensive, most likely, you received a lengthy discourse as to why it was quite irresponsible of you to take the actions which were taken. To the same point, do you remember any of those lengthy, passionate lectures given to you by your parents? Most likely the...... Similar Editorial : The Logic of Emotion by Wallace J. Conway. | Source : Kids Play
