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How to Understand Child Behavior
Discipline vs. Punishment for Children
How to Be Positive with Children
Examples of Childlike Behavior
Suggestions for Learning to Understand Child Behavior
How to Observe a Child's Behavior
How to Modify a Classroom to Teach Behavior
The Importance of Paying Attention to Child Behavior
How to Interact with Children
How to Set Limits for Children
How to Set Goals for a Child's Behavior
How to Give a Child a Timeout
How to Create a Classroom Checklist
How to Approach Understanding Child Behavior
Summary of Understanding Child Behavior
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Summary: Be positive and learn to avoid certain habits. Learn how to teach and understand the behavior of children in this free video on parenting and education.
Pamela Grier has been working in the childcare industry for more than three years. She works at a 5-star childcare facility. She has experience in discipline, nutrition, safety and...read more
"Hi I'm Pam on behalf of Expert Village. And now we're going to talk about understanding behaviors in children. Now when discipline a child, not punishing them, again you want to remember to stay positive, and there's certain things that you want to avoid. Obviously you want to avoid physical abuse. And its a little bit harder to control but you want to avoid verbal abuse. You'd be surprised what is considered verbal abuse. You want to avoid methods that are going to humiliate or frighten or shame the children. Believe it or not they'll hold resentment and they'll remember that. Now you don't want to do comparisons among other children. Comparisons foster competitiveness, like I said kids hold grudges and they also diminish self esteem even at a very young age. Now you want to stay positive. Say for instance a child is throwing balls at other children. You want to come up to them and you know you want to let them know that there are other things you can do with the balls. Don't focus on the negative. Don't say "Don't throw the balls". Give them a suggestion a positive thing to do with the balls. You could go up to them and say "You know Tommy its almost time to clean up. Here I'll help you find something to put those balls in." Don't make promises that you cant keep. Bribery is not the best way to go about it. And you want to avoid being overly helpful. Children want their independence. So let them have it. And don't threaten children with the loss of your affection. Even though they do it a lot, trust me I've had kids look at me and say "Well you're not my friend". You don't want to repeat that same statement. And give them the reasons for your request. A lot of times children are hesitant about doing things because they don't understand why. So if you give them a suggestion tell them why. "
eHow Article: How to Be Positive with Children
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