7 Essential Tips on Child Psychology

Understanding children is often difficult for most adults including parents. The psychology of a very young mind is quite different from that of grown-ups. The failure of adults in understanding these differences can lead to unhappiness in children. If a child is left in an unhappy state, he or she can have emotional issues in the future. Let us take a look at some tried and tested tips on child psychology from leading child psychologist Justin Urbas. These can be of great help to you.

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Tips To Understand Your Child's Psychology Better.

According to eminent psychologist Sigmund Freud, babies are initially driven by instinctive and selfish urges but gradually adapt to a more realistic approach by imbibing their parents’ values and rules. These play a role in the development of the child’s conscience.

One of the most important things that you, as a parent, should work on is understand your child’s psychology. No, you need not get a ‘degree’ in parenting. What you should do, though, is find out about the simple things that tell you what your kid likes or dislikes, what makes him laugh or cry, and what motivates him or causes him misery.

Click on the below link that explains you about child psychology and gives tips to understand what’s going on in your child’s mind.

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Child Psychology Tips To Bring Up Your Children Better.

A child is a gift to its parents and to society at large. Right from the start, a child starts acquiring awareness about its surroundings, and absorbing information. The way in which  children perceive events and happenings are quite different from adults. Child psychology is the study of the mind of children and their thought patterns. A child laughs, cries or grows restless for a wide range of reasons. Renowned child psychologist Justin Urbas has some valuable tips related to children’s psychology. Paying heed to these can help parents understand their children and bring them up better. 

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Do we really need meds or is it all in our heads?

Okay, so the medication debate is not as black and white as the title may suggest.  It sure is worth having, however, as an article that came out this June in APA’s Monitor on Psychology about the inappropriate prescribing of psychotropic medication spells out.

Medication can be a game-changer for some people, allowing them to function in ways that they simply could not before being prescribed an appropriate medication.  For many others, more than we may guess, medication may not be as necessary or helpful as we are led to believe.  And when it comes to medicating children, be even more careful with prescribing, especially in light of the fact that many medications have not been thoroughly researched for kids.

Read more: http://www.child-psych.org/2017/04/special-editorial-meds-meds-medsdo-we-really-need-them-or-is-it-all-in-our-heads.html

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5 Foods That Negatively Affect Your Child’s Mood.

Parents intuitively know that food can impact their child’s behavior and mood. We know that sweets, for example, can cause bouts of hyperactivity. But mood-altering food isn’t limited to sugar – there are other culprits in the snacks and meals that we feed our little ones.

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Neither Music nor Facebook Cause Depression in Teens

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine contacted 106 adolescents up to 60 times via cellphone over 5 weeks to ask about their media use at the time of the call. Forty-six teens had already been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder. Of the five media activities (television or movies, music, video games, Internet, and print media, such as magazines, newspapers, and books), only listening to music and reading were correlated with depression. In other words, the depressed teens were significantly more likely to be listening to music and less likely to be reading print media than the non-depressed teens. The researchers properly conclude that the association does not prove causality. 

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8 Ways to Teach Kids Self-Discipline Skills

The ultimate goal of discipline should be for your child to learn self-discipline. Your rules, consequences, and rewards should teach your child how to manage his behavior better.When kids have self-discipline, they're able to make healthy choices for themselves. Whether that means turning off the electronics so they can get their homework done or it means resisting an extra cookie when Mom isn't looking, self-discipline is the key to helping kids become responsible adults. Read more: https://www.verywell.com/teach-kids-self-discipline-skills-1095034

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