Sunday, February 5, 2012

Mistakes in the care of children

For proper development of children is very important that he create a warm and comfortable home and to know the proper nurture.


We can say that the family is the first school of life where the child acquires the basic knowledge about people, about their mutual relationships and about life and its problems.It first gained experience that will be applied later in life. Hence the education of children in the family is one of the toughest and most responsible duties of each family member.

Spoiled child

The most common and most serious error is permissive parenting education and pampering. Pamper your child does not often caress him and show him love and tenderness, but it too to help and serve, and for him to perform all those tasks that only it can execute.

Spoiled children soon show effects pats. They become self-willed, dependent, selfish, over-sensitive, and often nedruževni because they do not play in the company of peers. Fleeing systematic work, avoid duties and are always looking for who will be executed instead.Such children may suffer from various neuroses, for example. fear of the night, nocturnal bedwetting, nail biting, stuttering, etc..

Too strict upbringing

When parents lose their patience with spoiled and capricious child, often exceeding the severity of the conviction that the situation will improve.
A strict authoritarian upbringing or apply those educators who want to quickly and without thinking to achieve obedience, and those who do not love your child as a burden to them and they to him impatient and violent.

Too strict teacher child terrorizing, intimidating and even physically abusive. In addition to the child tends to reproaches of his flaws and mistakes, yelling at the child and monitor his every act. In such an education a child can react in two ways. Or openly opposed to that educator. defies him and arguing with him or take a seemingly passive position behind which the hostility and distrust of educators.

Too strict and harshly reared children invent various means of defense to avoid punishment and trouble. This is such a tool. lies, deceit, etc. osvetljivost.
In addition, rough and raised children become very rough, unkind, brusque, rude and cruel.

In a poor upbringing rarely found only one educational mistake, but it is typically combine educational. Thus, the pampering or too strict procedure then we see the constant zanovijetanje, comparing children with each other and uncertain background, ie. Hour indulgent, sometimes harsh, sometimes gentle, a moment a cold attitude towards the child.

The consequences of improper upbringing can be seen in childhood. Criminal education discourages the child, makes it dependent, hindering his sense of community and bring it to that to avoid duties and work.

Success in education will be achieved only if we are self-critical to their educational error, if the child has confidence and if you love him.
Do it as soon as we became independent, we have to make it independent, ie. we must allow him to independently perform all those duties, in proportion to their age, can only perform.In addition, it should systematically encourage and instil confidence in his abilities. If necessary, it should also help, but should never be the child's duties entirely by themselves.

Talented child

Your child is much better expressed than their peers, the better the draw, sing, read, understand numbers ... What you can do and the talent just a blessing or it can become a problem?
"Look at my child! It is wise! "She said you are a mother with whom you exchanged at the playground," a drink ", closely watching how the kids rolling in the dust, mud and put in your mouth everything they come in hand.

Of course the majority of mothers thought that her child funniest, sweetest, best and brightest. Wallowing in mud with other peers does not mean that your preschooler is not particularly smart or talented, but it is necessary to discern and identify the normal development of certain tendencies or talents, which is above average.

Earlier detection of certain talents, the child may "benefit" in terms of further development and proper guidance and also the child can be robbed and have problems in social, developmental and social sense, if you do not recognize the signs of giftedness. But how to know if there is talent or not? For there are certain parameters and characters that you identify yourself, but if in doubt ask for advice tete in a kindergarten, a child psychologist who would also need to know and recognize the signs.

Talent, attention, activity

How to identify talented children (between two and four years of age):

First The child has a particular talent, or art is very good with numbers. For example, children who draw very realistic drawings or to understand what numbers represent, how to manipulate ...

Second The child reaches developmental milestones before their peers

Third It has developed a speech, that much richer vocabulary than their peers, understand the words he speaks in the right context and agrees correct and full sentences.

4th It is very interested in everything that happens around him and seems to always have some meaningful questions about the events.

5th It is very active child, but not hyperactive. While hyperactive children can not keep the attention on a particular object for a long time, gifted children can be much longer concentrate on the task at hand. Accept the task with great interest, and it can be said to express a passion for doing what i love new challenges to assigned by their particular area of ​​interest.

6th It has a very vivid imagination, and often in the head to create a large and intricate network of imaginary friends with whom I often "hang".
7th Very easy to remember things and I remember little things that are heard in their environment, be it the family, television (movies, series, shows) or have they even read the books. It may be gifted to read, so just read ...

Joint action

While you as a parent you can be proud that you have a gifted child, this does not mean that your child and really be easier and better. The child is quite easy to understand that different from their peers, making them feel isolated and there is the possibility of withdrawal. Because it can become a target buliinga other children.

Gifted children think differently, more quickly and more easily expressed verbally and physically, which can occur frustration. If your child goes to kindergarten, then the child's preferences, talents, and potential problems that could arise you must talk to aunts that reasonably should have a practice on how to better integrate gifted children in a particular group, but also caution their talents.

If you think that this is not enough or no matter what particular problems arise, seek the help of child psychologist, who will be able to give some guidance, advice and ultimately test the extent to which your child's talents go, and do tests to determine intelligence and IQ .
The children of three years and up can be tested for, and those that reach above 130 IQ can be considered gifted, because the average is between 85 and 115 Children who reach values ​​between 115 and 130 can be considered gifted, but this will depend upon the individuality of the child.

We should not forget that the IQ test today, only one of many factors taken into account when testing talent.
In assessing talent involved parents, teachers, psychologists ...

Why does my child does not have friends?

The child already at the age of 6 months is beginning to show interest in other children and have contact with them watching, cooing, smiješenjem, touching. However, in this age peer contacts are rare, simple and short. Between two and five years to expand relationships with peers, and for most children, peers become a social system is second in importance, behind the family. 
The first friendship began to develop after the third year through accidental or intentional interaction, children learn how to socialize with others.
In this respect, they learn that it is important to have friends and be friends, how to solve problems, to be put in the position of others, on values, moral judgments, sex roles, imitation of adult ... With his friends, they feel safer, and this relationship helps them build self-image as a desirable person in society. And then what happens with children who have no friends?

Take, for example girl Lara, 6 years. Larry is a daily childcare big problem. It did not fit, no friends, no play with anyone, other children are not invited to her birthday. While it is good and decent kid, she is constantly in the shade. Often given in kindergarten performed on the sidelines, watching other children playing, wanting to get involved in their game, but does not know how. Today, Lara does not want to go to kindergarten, and not looking forward to it alone.

Play therapy can help children who have no friends so they can help you become more confident, to develop a better image of themselves and their experience of the environment. How? Let's look at how to play therapy could take place in Lara's case.

In a room designed for play therapy, Lara chooses to play with dolls' house. She took the family figures and put them to sleep. When it was "morning," Lara is every doll made in one end of the house: Dad is watching television, my mother cooked, my sister was playing in his room, and Lara with kittens in the other room. Since Lara paused in their game, the therapist took the two girls figure with the intention of acting Lara's age. Lara has accepted Therapist in addition to the game, as well as a call girl that Lara plays with them. Soon, Lara has proposed (the therapist's question, "What could be playing") playing hide and seek.

Lara's figure consisted of girls, therapist, "girls" were hiding. When it was found Lara's figure, "girls" have charged that the file (it's also Lara's instructions therapist how girls react when they find). For Lara and her figure, it was too much, so she decided that she had a lot of games and to go home now. From Larinih words and games can be concluded that a low opinion of themselves, to be quickly withdrawn and that in itself is not known to stand up for themselves.

Following therapy, the therapist suggested that Larry seems to show her playground. The court agreed to Lara, the figurines placed the other children at one end of the courses themselves and the other end of the court. The therapist asked Lara Do any "child" in this field that could be played with Lara. Lara said that she would be a "girl" because he played good, but not when others are close to her friends because she (Lara) is not "cool" to play.

With encouragement Therapist (this session took place would be when a child therapist and got acquainted with the confidence it), Lara has practiced joining other "children" asking them "in order to play with me?". The therapist responded to the figures of peers, as is Lara said that the real answer, that answer was "no, I do not want to play with you today." Since it is obvious that Lara was not in the game can not imagine that anyone would play with her, the therapist suggested that it is possible that someone is playing with Lara tomorrow. She said that this is possible and so began her journey to accept that she preferred to play, finding a child who is estimated to be played with it and finally enjoy the friendship.

All information about play therapy you can find out whether you call Tatiana at 095 804 3982 or write to her at tatjana@centarproventus.hr mail and by visiting the website of the Center Proventus.

How to help your child gain good habits?

Elementary school is the right time to begin teaching children good habits that will be held throughout education. When the child returns from school, establish a routine that will rarely change: cuddling, talking about the day spent in school, snack or meal and then homework. After completing the task, encourage them to play outside when the weather is nice, a bike ride or do you prefer otherwise. If possible, make sure your child quiet, warm place for homework and study, away from the TV and computer games. They will need a desk, chair and lamp and maybe a good cork board with pins.
Beware of their achievements, as soon as your child goes to school, buy a binder or folder and select the child's name. In it safely store all your child's academic achievements such as tests, compositions, art works, praise for extracurricular activities such as swimming or dancing and the like.

Help your child succeed. You can indeed write the exams rather than knowledge of their child, but it can provide only the best chance to succeed.

Keep a calendar of tests and examinations. Whenever your child in school exam announcements, write to the big calendar on the wall. This will avoid last minute panic in the morning before the exam.

Never show your fear and anxiety. It would be nice to be relaxed as the test that your child is expected to Repeat His score is not important, it is important to note that the child is given the best of themselves.

The night before the examination send a child to bed an hour earlier because the dream is very important for good memory.
Morning before the test, prepare the child a good breakfast.

Why my child is lying?

Children's lies are usually insignificant, but it does not mean that parents should not react to them. If you just ignore the child's little lies, it can get in the habit of lying. Young children do not even know they are lying, all the while to warn parents not to, because they are too small to distinguish reality from their fantasy world.
Children do not lie with bad intentions, they have a vivid imagination, stories which are considered to be true. Parents play an important role to explain the difference between fantasy and reality. Children often make up stories that would like to see them happen.They usually lie on the ground that attract attention, to get some benefit, in order to avoid punishment, or better display is impressed environment. The child needs to instill a sense of right and wrong, because in this way have the strength to face difficult situations in life.

Children who are trying to show braver, no confidence, and their parents need to develop self-confidence. The most common lie abused and neglected children, mainly because of fear of punishment or to create a picture of yourself more beautiful world around them and get attention for that long for and what they have.
Parents who are too strict in his upbringing, should not be surprised that their children often use lies, because they are simply afraid to disappoint their parents and avoid a possible penalty.
Parents should make sure that the front of the children do not serve the lies, because when a child sees that the parent is lying it concludes that it is right.

If you notice that your child is lying, to discover the cause of such behavior. If you catch him in lies, the child should not be blamed, and threatened him, but in a nice way to talk with your child and encourage him to be honest. Together with your child to set rules of conduct and these rules are kept. If we are sometimes a nice lie, not to show the child, because he thus encouraged to continue to serve the lies. Lies of the child should be accepted as part of growing up, they need to explain that lies are not acceptable, and the sincerity of a child should be rewarded.

ADHD-hyperactive children

With attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, also known as ADHD or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, developmental disorder is a syndrome of self-control to the basic features of inattention and restlessness, which we find in children of preschool and school children, and adolescents, and only occasionally into adulthood. This is not only about the stage of development which the child will grow and not caused by the failure of parents in the upbringing of the child nor a sign of "Naughtiness". The incidence is about 1 - 5% of the population and is more common in boys than in girls.
Eating disorders mainly comprise of areas: attention, perception, motor skills, learning, thinking, relationships, emotions, behavior, sleep, and differences in physical development.

How to recognize a child with attention deficit disorders with hyperactivity
The child begins to work before he received the instructions and understand them.
It too fast and makes unnecessary mistakes and errors associated with not knowing.
He was constantly in motion, all touching and not for a long time to sit in one place.
Answer questions on too quickly and does not give you enough time to think.
Not able to follow the instructions given to the entire group.
Can not remember the instructions, although there is no difficulty with memory.
Transitions from one activity to another and rarely ends started tasks.
There are difficulties in organizing written work: they are usually confused.
Misunderstood the simple statement, I do not understand many words and sentences.
Be repeated statements that he noted a lot of time and can not repeat those of the said recently.
Easily slips and falls, awkward throwing objects, or they fall from his hands.
Easily one of the triggers for children who talk a lot and make a noise, often completely stopped work to join them.
It is too talkative, often interrupting the conversation.
Often leaves the bench and a little browsing in the classroom while other children sit still.
I do not watch when the teacher explains something, looking somewhere else.
It is often said: "I can not do it" even before trying, giving up easily especially conspicuous in the new tasks.
He speaks, sings and whispers to itself.
Can not express thoughts in a logical and understandable way.

! IMPORTANT! All children with these disorders do not exhibit the same behavior and all behaviors (symptoms) do not occur in the same way in all situations.
Behaviors typically worsen in situations that require more sustained attention or mental effort (such as a group situation you are learning in class, lunch), or lacking in affection, cheerfulness, dynamics, something new (eg, listening to the teacher, listening, reading or writing longer texts, and in adulthood is to constantly work on the same monotonous tasks).

ADHD is usually diagnosed with the early elementary school or at school age child, and the diagnosis should be extremely careful.
Subtypes of attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity ADHD:
hyperactive children
impulsive children
children with attention and concentration difficulties

Hyperactive children are unusually active for the infant while in later life on the move, impatient. Early walk, clumsy, poorly planned and foresee the consequences of their actions and are non-critical in approaching strangers. Hyperactive children are fearless, forgetful with severe difficulties in the organization.
Impulsive children often have difficulty in responding to control signals, stimuli or events that are irrelevant to the performance of current tasks, reacting without thinking about the possible consequences of behavior, are prone to accidents and injuries, subject to persuasion,
curious to severe difficulties with creating and maintaining friendships

Most children with attention and concentration very difficult to learn, and may have difficulty with academic achievement, but is adopting practical and motor skills.
They have highlighted the difficulties with the teaching of speech, have the ability to learn the necessary skills, but they need to help managed to keep the attention long enough to do so.
These children have difficulties in the domain satisfying relationships with family and friends.

In addition to the above characteristic behavior occur more noise (as a consequence), which differ depending on age and developmental level, but also the severity of the disorder. Some of the additional noise may be:
Poor school achievement - learning difficulties
Non-specific learning difficulties
Disorders of speech and language development
Developmental delay
Connections with adults
Difficulties in relationships
Low self-esteem
Psychiatric and psychological disorders
Tourette Syndrome

Hyperactivity, impulsivity and difficulty maintaining attention can seriously impair the child's ability to learn:
delay for class
difficulties in reading and writing
noise and movement around them is very easy for them draws attention
often miss important information or instructions
messy and illegible handwriting
hard to bear a long stay in school
90% showed reduced productivity in school work,
90% achieved lowered school performance,
20% have difficulties with reading,
60% have serious problems with the manuscript,
30% drop out of school,
5% completed university education, as opposed to 25% of children from the general population.
Dealing with the text of a problem due to motor disturbances and disturbances of attention and concentration
slow write
difficult to prescribe from the board
difficulties in the orientation of the paper (skip pages in the notebook and turn the notebook upside down)
when i was reading techniques adopted often have difficulties in understanding the text (connecting stories with their own experience)
listening skills are usually better developed than reading skills

How to help a child with ADHD in the classroom:
break the text into smaller pieces
use texts in the strip
respect the slow pace of the writing
give him a ready to paste text into a notebook or to dictate instead of copying from the board
read them out loud (but not too long)
Encourage them to visualize the events in the story (creating a picture in my head and describe them)
teach them how to use highlighting important facts in the textbooks (in bold text, frames)
asked to predict (they think the story would still have happened)
encouraged to write notes and use of markers in reading and learning
develop a dictionary (which is wider vocabulary and a better understanding of the text)
translate figures of language (literally)
teach them to read between the lines
help them choose the literature relevant to their interests

! IMPORTANT! Do not forget, the child / person with ADHD is the first child, a person, with your full name, his personality, desires, feelings, interests, that this disorder certainly works, but does not turn a person into a set of symptoms and where the where we have to "work".

Stuttering in children

Stuttering is most common and best known communications disorder that usually occurs between two and five years of age. As the child grows, the less the likelihood of stuttering. It also occurs more frequently in boys than in girls. 
stuttering in children
There are many explanations why the child begins to falter, and it varies from child to child, and it may be an inherited trait, language, growth conditions and child development.
Stuttering can start in different ways, but it should be noted that not every pause in the speech as worrisome.

In the period until the child is adopted by voice, or at preschool age, it is common that stuttering is manifest in one or two repeating syllables or whole words.
Such physiological and pinning caused by repetition of the rapid and intensive development of thinking, while the child is not a dictionary developed expression is not perfected. If you think this is a strong stuttering, not just the transient phase is necessary to consult a speech therapist who will listen and assess the child's speech.

If you want to help a child where the problem started stuttering is necessary to provide a relaxed atmosphere of home. With the child to talk slowly, and slowly relaxed, and at the same time maintain a natural flow of speech. You may not emphasize the child's problem, to accept stuttering as a child's way of speaking, that the child does not gain the impression that something is wrong. No way, do not criticize his way of talking, do not criticize and correct. The child must not be isolated from the environment, but it should be encouraged to make friends with other children. Praise and positive approvals are needed, they help children to gain confidence.
His manner of speech, do not criticize and correct. The child must not be isolated from the environment, but it should be encouraged to make friends with other children. Praise and positive approvals are needed, they help children to gain confidence.

Speech therapist to contact us if:
you are concerned about your child's speech
If a child is sad about the problem of stuttering
If some of the oldest in the family has a problem with stuttering
If the child is withdrawn and refuses to communicate
if the child's face or neck muscle strain and tension increased during the speech
If stuttering is repeated more frequently.

How to give your child medicine?

Successfully giving the drug a child sometimes requires a lot of creativity. 
how to give your child medicine
Here we will mention a few practical tips to help you child to make the breakthrough.


* Do not mix medicine into juice or food that you give a child, otherwise the child may begin to refuse food that had not refused, and at the same time you will not know whether the child has taken the entire dose of medication prescribed.

* Always place the child in the mouth of a small amount of the drug so that it can not spit.

* Among children under two years of medications to avoid chewing.

* Child would rather take medication by mouth before meals.

In infants-a drug that is in liquid form is best given using a syringe, dropper, or pacifiers, and more children use the spoon.


Not re-fill empty bottles with medication, and use the eyedropper for the original, with a cure
-If the doctor recommends, continue giving the drug even if it is not pleasant taste, because children usually get used to the bad taste of medicine
-Use a shallow, plastic spoon, which receives the drug or supply at a pharmacy - it is easier to use than a teaspoon, and-to make sure that the child took all the medicine spoon to extract from his mouth, pull the upper lip with the child, that the less remains in the bucket
-If you give your child medicine with the dropper should be placed between the inside of the cheek and gums, and a few drops of ukapavati and wait for a child to swallow before proceeding.

What if the baby recovered drug?

Most drugs are absorbed within 30 - 45 minutes, and if the baby is able to keep medicine for so long, it usually does not need to replace the dose.
However, if your baby spits out a cure immediately, the dose should be repeated, unless a very precise way (such as heart medicine, asthma, etc..).
If the antibiotic drug, and the baby recovered within 10 minutes of taking the dosage should be repeated.
Babies are so sick, that generally can not keep receiving drug orally. This is usually done on medicines that contain acetaminophen, which serve to lower body temperature. If you come to this, it is recommended to lower the body temperature using suppositories (suppositories).
If your baby does not retain an antibiotic, it is necessary to contact the pediatrician. Today, there are antibiotics that are available in injectable form and act very quickly, but they are very expensive and are usually not prescribed drugs.