Many parents are faced with this common dilemma where they are told their child is acting up, or being difficult. Usually when a child is around 30 months old, when they begin to form their unique personalities, they may display bouts of anger, anxiety, depression, or difficulty concentrating on a single task for long. As frustrating as it might be, and as easily as self-blame is, getting to the bottom of the problem is part of the solution.
When you are in charge of more than 15 children in a nursery classroom, as teachers we expect that the group will have varying personalities, shortcomings and some will have behavioural patterns different from the rest.
Although parenting styles do have some effect on the child, most often than not, there is usually an underlying problem that the child is having trouble in expressing their emotions. Some very renowned psychologists state that dealing aggressively with a differently behaved child will weigh negatively on the child and probably contribute further to bad behaviour.
Some studies show that children can show signs of varying behaviour at infant stages as well. Where you may have noticed your baby struggling to sleep, difficult to soothe even after a feeding, or becomes irritable throughout the day. There is however, a fine line between normal or average behaviour and one that might be considered difficult. Infants are inclined to cry and be irritable as it is their only form of communication with you. So feelings of humid weather, a bite, a scratch, an uncomfortable position, a wet diaper, or hunger are all communicated through crying. Therefore, it would not be advised to label your child difficult just from this alone.
There are various categories of children that may need extra help and close observation into their behaviour. Many expert child psychologists say that labelling children with negative terms puts parents and families under more pressure and feelings of guilt looking for cure or a solution. It also recognizes that children are inevitably going to be different and not the same.
Some children listen to instructions and do pay attention to what is happening around them, while others have selective attention. These children are generally more active than others in their playgroup Dubai. They will respond well to things like television or song and dance, but are unable to sit still through an art class or writing assignment. Some of these types of personalities are considered extremely smart and bright children, although they may not fare well with theory.
Unconventional children are those children who do everything different from an average group of children. They are more intense when it comes to showing emotions and therefore require organized routines to help them stay in control and have familiar territory all the time.
Difficult children who struggle with day-to-day tasks at preschools in Dubai, do not respond well to being yelled at, as it would increase their frustration even more. Instead, we try to look for patterns that bring this behaviour on, and come to a compromise.
We at Kids Island Nursery try our best to accommodate all kinds of personalities helping parents from various cultures adapt and accept a very multicultural society. Our teachers interact with parents to help those children find middle ground and achieve great success at our Dubai Kindergarten. If you have concerns about your child and feel they may have difficulty fitting in, talk to us today.
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