All About Your Child

We have covered:

1. Establish firm and clear rules
2. Give clear and calm instructions
3. Be consistent
4. Back up instructions with logical consequences

For children aged 2-10 years, there may be certain times when their misbehaviour may cause injuries or losses of any kind….this is the time when you must come to

5) Using “quiet time” to deal with more serious misbehaviour. I have covered this part much earlier…..here

So what if they misbehave in public? Hated the feeling of being looked at from passerby… Try this…

6) Remove the child from the situation

If your child misbehaves when you are out, you could remove him from the situation and take him to a quiet place. Eg. a park bench, your car, or an area with few people around.

Wait beside him until he has quietened down. If your child has not quietened down, take him home and take him to “quiet time”.

Remember to encourage your child when he/she is good. Encouragement helps children to believe in themselves and try new skills.

Notice when they are doing the right thing and give them praise immediately. Praise helps to build confidence and self-esteem in children.

Discipline is only one part of balanced parenting. Children need to know what they should be doing more than they need to know what they should not be doing.

Avoid noisy arguments in front of your child. Children copy the behaviour of their parents. They watch and imitate the way you talk to each other and resolve conflict.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. ~ James Baldwin

Oh no, now my younger son has it. Binbin is well-know among my family and relatives as a super strong boy. His immunity system is so strong that he hardly falls sick even when he is playing together with a group of sick children for a days. He is almost the opposite of his elder brother. Binbin just don’t fall sick that easily!

At times when he really does get a little runny nose, without medication he would fight off the problem over a night rest. Doctors hardly get the chance to earn money from him…*wink*.

I have a strong feeling that its due to breastfeeding. You know, all the nutrients that come from the breast-milk, there’s simply no substitute. Complete breastfed him for the first 6 months only and I could see such a big difference between him and his elder brother, who had a mixture of breast-milk and formula milk. My supply couldn’t build up fast enough to match his speed of growth, so I stopped after 2 months and put Keatkeat solely on formula milk.

In the past, when Keatkeat has his bronchitis “relapse”, Binbin would be perfectly fine, even though Keatkeat may forget to cover his mouth when he cough at times. But this time, Binbin lost the battle. He is coughing too. It makes his voice huskier than it already is. Poor Binbin.

Anyway, I have confidence in him, I know he will pull through……