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  Importance of Building Resilience in Children- Take Away of 2020. What is Resiliency? Resiliency is the ability to “bounce back” from setbacks, and/or overcome hardships. When we talk about resilience in children, we’re talking about a child’s ability to cope with ups and downs, and bounce back from the challenges they experience during childhood Children’s problems include for example adapting to a new classroom, bullying by classmates, moving home or abuse at home, dealing with parents separation or changing schools, studying for an exam or dealing with the death of a loved one.   Building resilience helps children not only to deal with current difficulties that are a part of everyday life, but also to develop the basic skills and habits that will help them deal with challenges later in life, during adolescence and adulthood.   The concept of positive adaptation despite adversity has existed practically since humans began reflecting on their own behaviour. Resilience,

  Children have the right to be unhappy I have heard it so many times. “I just want my kids to be happy.” I have thought and said it myself: It would be easy to have happy children if you give them what they want, but they need to learn to deal with unhappiness and disappointment. When we focus so intently on creating happy kids, we are implicitly teaching them that any time they are not happy, life is bad. It is an attitude that offers them ice-cream sundaes to cheer them up when they are sad. It is more toys when they are bored — or hours of TV to keep them entertained. But that only teaches them that lack of happiness can be fixed with ‘stuff’ that comes from the outside. It is important to believe that your job as a parent is not to just make your children happy, it is to keep them healthy, safe and motivated. The hope that we can always keep our ­children happy leads to a lot of bad parenting, much of it ­focused on parents who want to be their children’s buddies. Get your child

                              Can a child outgrow ADHD? Attention – deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD is the term used to describe children whose ability to learn and profit from new experiences is impaired by their distractibility, impulsiveness, lack of concentration, restlessness, inappropriate talking and lack of regard for inappropriate situations. There is no agreement between professionals regarding the aetiology of ADHD. It is viewed as a type of medical disorder rather than a pure behavioural problem. The neurological causes of ADHD may be related to the structure of the brain, chemical imbalances, some functions of the brain or combination of these and other factors. Poor diet and poor parenting could be the underlying cause of the disorder. New findings that ADHD may stem from a developmental delay that children could outgrow, rather than a cognitive deficit, have raised questions for parents of the 4.4 million children diagnosed with the disorder worldwide. The Nati

                              Mental Health is Important at Every Stage of Life.                 Create –Practice & Radiate Positivity to Kids.                        From the moment the human child is first conceived, to the day the individual dies, they keep changing constantly and developing. Development is defined as progression towards maturity. Children even grow socially and emotionally with their physical and cognitive growth. They learn how to interact, play, work, and live with other people such as family, friends, teachers and employers. They learn how to understand both their own feelings and that of others. In order to function well as independent adults, children must develop a sense of self-esteem. They develop a sense of morality as they learn the difference between right and wrong. As an Occupational Therapist I come across many children with stubborn, adamant or aggressive behaviour. Children can be Rude, Destructive, Cranky, Irritated, Unusually Quiet, Sad, Con