| | | | | listen to your teen and focus on feelings. Try to |
| It is important for parents to understand the changes | | | | understand the situation from his/her perspective. |
| that a child goes through during each phase of | | | | Blaming only builds up more walls and ends all |
| development. Parents should decide what behaviors | | | | communication. Tell them how you feel, stick to facts, |
| are going to be acceptable and what behavior will not | | | | and deal with the present moment. Show that you |
| be tolerated based on the age and development of | | | | care and show your love to the struggling teen. |
| the child. A kid's behavior may be a problem if it | | | | Of all the factors that can cause misbehavior and |
| doesn't match the expectations of the family or if it is | | | | behavior disorders, the easiest to change is parenting |
| disruptive. | | | | technique. Parent training helps you to correct your |
| Some of the child behavioral problem found common | | | | child’s bad behavior. Parent training will not cure |
| among the children and the remedy for those | | | | ADHD, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder |
| problems are discussed in this article. | | | | or other disorders; such problems require treatment by |
| Some children are just naturally more defiant, | | | | a health care professional. Programs such as the child |
| disrespect, fussy, anger and irritable than others, which | | | | behavior program, good parenting program, which |
| by itself can be challenging for parents. Attention deficit | | | | were created for parents, can help to decrease a |
| hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disorders, late | | | | child's behavior problems. |
| speech and language skills, and mild forms of autism | | | | The most important techniques taught by the program |
| can also lead to behavior disorders. Family stress, | | | | are playing with your child, using the power of praising, |
| single parenthood and neighborhood violence can also | | | | power of ignoring, building a loving stable relationship |
| be risk factors. If the stress plays major part in the | | | | between parents and children, and attentiveness & |
| child's misbehavior you can easily rectify it by removing | | | | response for improving your child's behavior. By |
| the source of stress. | | | | consistently using the above techniques, many parents |
| Teen anger may be expressed as annoyance and | | | | will find their child's behavior improving without a trip to |
| dislike. Some teens may repress their anger and | | | | the doctor. |
| withdraw; others may be more defiant and destroy | | | | If after trying these techniques the child's behavior |
| property. They will continue their behavior, or it may | | | | continues to worsen, or if it doesn't improve at all, |
| escalate, until they decide to look within themselves to | | | | parents may want to consider seeing a pediatrician or |
| the roots of their anger. Anger is usually caused by | | | | behavioral therapist for further testing. |
| something going on in a teen's life. To overcome this, | | | | |