Risk Factors of Behavior

Risk Factors of Behavior

ECE 201

Debra Lawrence

Dec.03, 2012

Children should be heard not only seen. Parents as well as teachers always look to see what a child is doing. Do they ever stop to listen and ask questions? It’s always good to ask a child questions like; “How was your day? Did everything go fine at school today? Is everything going good at home and questions like that.” If you get the discipline thing right, it is so much easier being a parent-and being a child. Sometimes we wish there was a way to avoid the stress and frustration that can occur when parents and children have conflicting ideas about rules and regulations. Why are some children more challenging than others?
Challenging behavior is any behavior that interferes with children’s learning, development, and success at play, is harmful to the child, other children, or adults and puts a child at high risk for later social problems or school failure (education.com). A child with
An emotional and mental illness needs to be handled with kid gloves. Children with these illnesses can become irate, out of control, physical, sad, drop in grades and withdrawn. Mental
Illness can cause a child to act out because they feel that they don’t belong.
Some kids are more challenging because of their life at home and at school. That’s when asking your child how was their day comes in play. “Children with behavior problems often find themselves rejected by their peers—disliked, ridiculed, not invited to birthday parties or to other children’s homes to play. These experiences wound their self-esteem and self-confidence and leave them isolated and depressed, and deprive them of opportunities to develop and practice the social skills they desperately need.” (Kaiser, 2012) Strong willed, active children can become "problem children"