Category Archives: Child development

Will You Share? Good Behavior

Many parents, as well as teachers, praise children for their helpful actions, but children are more generous when they’re commended for being helpful people. When our character is praised, we internalize it, and it becomes part of our identity.

 

Character praise leaves a lasting imprint when identities in children are forming.

Let me explain – If you see a child doing something that shows good behavior, try saying, “You’re a good person because you helped Jimmy pick up his toy’s.” Instead of saying, “Thank you, Sam, for doing that.” Children become more social when they’re asked to be a good person, – they want to earn the identity. If you want a child to share a toy, instead of asking, “Will you share?” ask, “Will you Sam, be someone who shares?”

Scolding a child achieves nothing, it only encourages more bad behavior. Studies show that angry behavior just urges more anger. Instead, use rational thinking. Explain to a child why they should not do something.

Explain how bad behavior has consequences for others.
When children misbehave, highlight the consequences, so they understand how their actions hurt other people. Ask them, “How do you think this made Amy, feel?” As they consider the negative impact on others, children begin to feel empathy and guilt, which strengthens their motivation to right the wrong – and to avoid the action in the future.

In the book, The Wafflehoffers, Maple’s First Competition, the character Priscilla, bullies Maple:-
“Ha! She’s a Wafflehoffer, and she doesn’t even know how to make waffles.”
“Yes, I do!” shouted Maple.
“I’m not talking about the mud waffles babies like you like to make,” said Priscilla.
The school bell rang. Maple walked into class without saying a word to any of her classmates.
Priscilla’s hurtful words could have prevented Maple from entering the Waffleville County Fair waffle baking competition.

Words can hurt just as much as actions can.

Psychologist Joan Grusec explains that giving children character praise is much more effective than giving them behavior praise.

As Erma Bombeck put it, “Guilt is the gift that keeps on giving.”
The dual moral emotions of empathy and guilt activate the desire to right wrongs of the past and behave better in the future.

Emphasize moral values over rules. Rules set limits that teach children to adopt a fixed view of the world. When you rationalize through an explanation of values and NOT arguing or shouting, this encourages children to internalize principles of themselves. When you talk about standards, describe why certain ideals matter to you and ask children why they’re important.

Reasoning creates a paradox.
A good explanation enables children to develop a code of ethics that often coincides with societal expectations.
Children should consider the impact of their actions on others.

How Do Children Learn?

Children learn in their own unique way. The three learning modalities are the sensory channels we use to obtain and process information. • Visual learner’s process information best with pictures and diagrams; these children learn best seeing things.               • Auditory learners learn best by listening and discussing things. •

5 Tips to Encouraging Children to Read.

Suggestions to Encourage Children to Read. Not all children like to read so here are some ideas that will hopefully make encouraging your child to read more fun! Create an incentive to encourage children to read based on the amount of time they spend reading or the number of pages that they read. After they have

The Wafflehoffers Maple’s First Competition Coloring Book

The Wafflehoffer coloring book is available for purchase on Amazon.com         The Coloring Book size is 8.5″ X 8.5″  and contains over 26 illustrations to color. Click the Download Now Button to open a .pdf for you to print and color that illustration for FREE! Click the Download Now button to open

Redirecting Child Behavior

When redirecting child behavior, it is difficult to know how to phrase a request in the best possible manner that your child will understand. Saying the words, “you can’t” or “don’t do that,” to a child’s is a request to challenge you and take that dare in a child’s mind. Parenting your child that they

Free Download! The First Three Chapters of The Wafflehoffers Curious Maple Book

Enjoy for free the first three chapters of The Wafflehoffers Curious Maple children’s picture book. I’m giving the first three chapters away for free! I want you to be totally satisfied with The Wafflehoffers Curious Maple story and illustrations before you buy.     Download for FREE! On this website, the first three chapters of

The Wafflehoffers Curious Maple Farm Animal Book

Enjoy this sneak peek inside The Wafflehoffers Curious Maple children’s picture book, as Maple goes on an adventure on her Uncle Pete’s farm in search of a mare and her foal. Meet lots of farm animals that help Maple in her search for the foal. Hi, my name is Fay B. Bolton, and I’m the author

How to Communicate Effectively with your Child

Learn How to Communicate Effectively and Clearly with your Child so you Stop Saying “No!” Children hear the word “no” far too often. Studies show that toddlers typically hear the word “no” 400 times daily, which you can imagine gets tedious for the parents and the child. So rephrase your sentence from a negative to

How to Teach your Child to Ask Questions

The Wafflehoffers, Curious Maple, is a story that helps your child understand it’s important to ask questions. If all adults were required to get a degree in child psychology before they became parents, they’d undoubtedly undergo far less stress and anxiety in raising a child. But sadly many of us don’t have that psychology degree,

A Child’s Brain – Development

How Storytelling Affects the Brain… To understand why your child behaves a certain way, you have to first understand your child’s brain development, be aware of what is going on in your child’s brain. This can help you tremendously when interacting with your child. A child’s prefrontal cortex may look fully developed regarding size when

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