Sharing The Best Resources & Tools

CAROLE AND NADIM SAAD, CO-FOUNDERS OF BEST OF PARENTING

As the parents of three children, struggling like so many others to find a balanced and effective parenting style, we turned away from all the parenting fads and studied the hard scientific evidence on what really works. The techniques we learnt were so life changing, yet so straightforward, that we made it our mission to convert them into powerful step by step tools and make them available to parents world over. Read more about the philosophy behind Best of Parenting.

Sharing The Best Resources & Tools

CAROLE AND NADIM SAAD, CO-FOUNDERS OF BEST OF PARENTING

As the parents of three children, struggling like so many others to find a balanced and effective parenting style, we turned away from all the parenting fads and studied the hard scientific evidence on what really works. The techniques we learnt were so life changing, yet so straightforward, that we made it our mission to convert them into powerful step by step tools and make them available to parents world over. Read more about the philosophy behind Best of Parenting.

20 signs your child may be feeling pushed too hard at school

September 23rd, 2014 | Article | 3 to 6 years | Awareness

Anxiety, sleeplessness, depression, homework resistance and learning blocks. These are just some of the issues our children can develop in today’s hot-house educational atmosphere. Youngsters today are the most tested generation on earth.

But far from making them a generation of uber-kids, the research is showing that they are actually the most worried and unhappy. That’s because in the constant striving for league table positions, not just by schools, but also by Governments who want to improve their global rankings, we have forgotten one important lesson: Stressed kids don’t learn.

Many parents may not realise that some of the behavioural issues their kids are experiencing may in fact be down to fact that children feel judged very early – and almost constantly – as they move up through the education system. Now a new book, Taming the Tiger Parent, by Tanith Carey, looks at the some of the signs that our children’s self-worth is suffering.

Do you recognise any of them? Carey says signs include kids:

1. Saying they just ‘want to go home and play’.

2. Using a whispering voice in class.

3. Trying to put off doing homework, forgetting books, and not taking notes on assignments. Doing as little as possible and refusing to proof-read.

4. Showing a lower tolerance to frustration than normal; shouting without making much sense or flying off the handle.

5. Using self-talk during homework and remarks like “I am rubbish like this, aren’t I” and “I am stupid.’

6. Saying they don’t deserve good marks –– or pointing out how much better other children are doing and ripping up work.

7. From the age or about 8, avoiding books with a lot of text and preferring books with wide-spaced lines and illustrations, like the Wimpy Kids series.

8. At around the same age, being able to read but not fully understanding the meaning of the text and therefore losing interest quickly in books.

9. Asking to go to the toilet a lot in lessons.

10. Avoiding eye contact when talking to a parent.

11. Stopping enjoying activities they used to enjoy.

12. Fidgeting, hair-twirling, chronic nail-biting and skin-picking.

13. Having a sad look and difficulty smiling which may be remarked on by others in the family or at school.

14. Starting to express feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and worthlessness.

15. Experiencing chronic worry, becoming overly panicked by small things and thinking small set–backs are the end of the world.

16. Having trouble sleeping.

17. Finding excuses not to go to school.

18. Talking less and less and a gradual disconnection from you, the parent.

19. Suffering unexplained stomach pains and tension headaches as well as mouth ulcers, cold sores, eczema or  panic or asthma attacks around testing times.

20. Showing OCD-like symptoms frequent washing of hands, arranging possessions or developing rituals that they insist on doing.

Taming the Tiger Parent, published by Little Brown, is available on Amazon, price 8.99.

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20 signs your child may be feeling pushed too hard at school

September 23rd, 2014 | Article | 3 to 6 years | Awareness

Anxiety, sleeplessness, depression, homework resistance and learning blocks. These are just some of the issues our children can develop in today’s hot-house educational atmosphere. Youngsters today are the most tested generation on earth.

But far from making them a generation of uber-kids, the research is showing that they are actually the most worried and unhappy. That’s because in the constant striving for league table positions, not just by schools, but also by Governments who want to improve their global rankings, we have forgotten one important lesson: Stressed kids don’t learn.

Many parents may not realise that some of the behavioural issues their kids are experiencing may in fact be down to fact that children feel judged very early – and almost constantly – as they move up through the education system. Now a new book, Taming the Tiger Parent, by Tanith Carey, looks at the some of the signs that our children’s self-worth is suffering.

Do you recognise any of them? Carey says signs include kids:

1. Saying they just ‘want to go home and play’.

2. Using a whispering voice in class.

3. Trying to put off doing homework, forgetting books, and not taking notes on assignments. Doing as little as possible and refusing to proof-read.

4. Showing a lower tolerance to frustration than normal; shouting without making much sense or flying off the handle.

5. Using self-talk during homework and remarks like “I am rubbish like this, aren’t I” and “I am stupid.’

6. Saying they don’t deserve good marks –– or pointing out how much better other children are doing and ripping up work.

7. From the age or about 8, avoiding books with a lot of text and preferring books with wide-spaced lines and illustrations, like the Wimpy Kids series.

8. At around the same age, being able to read but not fully understanding the meaning of the text and therefore losing interest quickly in books.

9. Asking to go to the toilet a lot in lessons.

10. Avoiding eye contact when talking to a parent.

11. Stopping enjoying activities they used to enjoy.

12. Fidgeting, hair-twirling, chronic nail-biting and skin-picking.

13. Having a sad look and difficulty smiling which may be remarked on by others in the family or at school.

14. Starting to express feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and worthlessness.

15. Experiencing chronic worry, becoming overly panicked by small things and thinking small set–backs are the end of the world.

16. Having trouble sleeping.

17. Finding excuses not to go to school.

18. Talking less and less and a gradual disconnection from you, the parent.

19. Suffering unexplained stomach pains and tension headaches as well as mouth ulcers, cold sores, eczema or  panic or asthma attacks around testing times.

20. Showing OCD-like symptoms frequent washing of hands, arranging possessions or developing rituals that they insist on doing.

Taming the Tiger Parent, published by Little Brown, is available on Amazon, price 8.99.

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20 signs your child may be feeling pushed too hard at school

September 23rd, 2014 | Article | 3 to 6 years | Awareness

Anxiety, sleeplessness, depression, homework resistance and learning blocks. These are just some of the issues our children can develop in today’s hot-house educational atmosphere. Youngsters today are the most tested generation on earth.

But far from making them a generation of uber-kids, the research is showing that they are actually the most worried and unhappy. That’s because in the constant striving for league table positions, not just by schools, but also by Governments who want to improve their global rankings, we have forgotten one important lesson: Stressed kids don’t learn.

Many parents may not realise that some of the behavioural issues their kids are experiencing may in fact be down to fact that children feel judged very early – and almost constantly – as they move up through the education system. Now a new book, Taming the Tiger Parent, by Tanith Carey, looks at the some of the signs that our children’s self-worth is suffering.

Do you recognise any of them? Carey says signs include kids:

1. Saying they just ‘want to go home and play’.

2. Using a whispering voice in class.

3. Trying to put off doing homework, forgetting books, and not taking notes on assignments. Doing as little as possible and refusing to proof-read.

4. Showing a lower tolerance to frustration than normal; shouting without making much sense or flying off the handle.

5. Using self-talk during homework and remarks like “I am rubbish like this, aren’t I” and “I am stupid.’

6. Saying they don’t deserve good marks –– or pointing out how much better other children are doing and ripping up work.

7. From the age or about 8, avoiding books with a lot of text and preferring books with wide-spaced lines and illustrations, like the Wimpy Kids series.

8. At around the same age, being able to read but not fully understanding the meaning of the text and therefore losing interest quickly in books.

9. Asking to go to the toilet a lot in lessons.

10. Avoiding eye contact when talking to a parent.

11. Stopping enjoying activities they used to enjoy.

12. Fidgeting, hair-twirling, chronic nail-biting and skin-picking.

13. Having a sad look and difficulty smiling which may be remarked on by others in the family or at school.

14. Starting to express feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and worthlessness.

15. Experiencing chronic worry, becoming overly panicked by small things and thinking small set–backs are the end of the world.

16. Having trouble sleeping.

17. Finding excuses not to go to school.

18. Talking less and less and a gradual disconnection from you, the parent.

19. Suffering unexplained stomach pains and tension headaches as well as mouth ulcers, cold sores, eczema or  panic or asthma attacks around testing times.

20. Showing OCD-like symptoms frequent washing of hands, arranging possessions or developing rituals that they insist on doing.

Taming the Tiger Parent, published by Little Brown, is available on Amazon, price 8.99.

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