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 that allows…
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 birthdays. Though adults interpret…
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 is not…
When children misbehave it can be very difficult to think of anything other than making them stop. For many children this means punishing a child, such as by taking away…
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 to…
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…
Whether it’s a new home, new school, new class or new baby, changes can affect children in many different ways. Some children become sullen, some children begin to act out,…
Though children love to showcase their talents and each new skill that they learn, it can be much harder to get to children to use these abilities to help others….
There may be many reasons a child does not feel like interacting socially. The child may be shy, tired, uncomfortable in a new environment, hungry, feeling left out by the…
