Children with sexualised behaviours need support, not silence and stigma
The cultures of silence and denial that surround child sexualised behaviours mean that adults often lack the information they need to respond appropriately.
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Tablets at the table can influence child development, not always in a good way
If you use a tablet device to keep a child quiet at the dining table or other event then you could be limiting their social skills. That could have an impact on the way they behave later in life.
Benefit cuts for parents will fail if we ignore the reasons why young people skip class
David Cameron's plans to deduct child benefit from parents of truants will not fix a complex problem.
Children in care need early help with emotional and behavioural problems
Going into care is traumatic for children – early intervention can help their mental health.
Does developing bad behaviour in primary school affect a child’s grades?
New research shows that children who develop bad behaviour towards the end of primary school, fall behind the most.
One theory all teachers with disruptive children should know about
Attachment theory can help in understanding some disruptive class behaviour.
Eight sneaky tricks to get your children to eat healthy food
A child’s diet should be high in fruit and vegetables, high in complex carbohydrates such as brown bread, brown pasta and brown rice and relatively low in fat and sugary foods. It should also be low in…
Well-being programmes in schools might be doing children more harm than good
Apocryphal depictions of an unprecedented crisis in young people’s mental ill-health and their general vulnerability have been accompanied by increasingly alarmist claims that only schools can address…
Explainer: what happens to kids who are kicked out of school?
In 2013, 3,900 young people were permanently excluded from secondary schools in England. The most common reason for these children to be removed from the mainstream school system was persistent disruptive…
The eyes have it: changing kids’ minds about bad behaviour
Aggression and oppositional behaviour in childhood doesn’t just make short-term problems for children, their friends and families. It also places kids at risk of long-term issues with mental and physical…
Today’s 13-year-olds are not as bad as we’re led to believe
In 1982 I was toying with the idea of a career in teaching. That year a controversial film, Made in Britain, starring Tim Roth was released and I almost didn’t become a teacher. The film’s central character…
Why early diagnosis of autism in children is a good thing
Many children with autism are put on waiting lists and miss out on early behavioural interventions and other benefits because health professionals are reluctant to diagnose autism early out of fear of…
Stop the fines and blame games: let’s end the war on parents
Parents could soon face fines for parking too near to a school, according to a new Manifesto Club report on new Public Spaces Protection Orders. This comes after a record number of 63,837 fines were imposed…
What works best to help stop bullying in schools?
Bullying in schools has been recognised as a serious and pervasive problem now for at least two decades. There is now also evidence, including from the UK and other European countries, North America and…
Who are more likely to be bullies – poor kids or rich kids?
Bullying is the repeated and systematic abuse of power with the aim of causing intentional harm. Examples of bullying have been found in all societies, including among modern hunter-gatherers and in ancient…
Don’t stop toddlers running around museums – it could help them learn
As the school summer holidays beckon, families will be seeking out places to visit with their children, including museums, art galleries and science centres. It may be a way of keeping older children occupied…
Do disruptive classes really get better if they include more girls?
Classrooms are highly complex environments. Maintaining a positive classroom environment, especially in classrooms that include potentially disruptive children with emotional or social problems, is very…
Problem behaviour in children is not always a mental disorder
Children are increasingly being given drugs by doctors to help teachers and parents cope with their troublesome behaviour. Certain behaviours or actions by children, such as not sitting still, are being…
No more finger-pointing, here’s how to provide pupils with a moral compass
Richard Walden, chairman of the Independent Schools Association, has claimed that state schools fail to provide pupils with a “moral compass” because of a relentless focus on exam results and league tables…
It’s good TV, but most excluded boys can’t afford Mr Drew’s summer school
Mr Drew’s School for Boys, currently showing on Channel Four, illustrates in graphic detail the kinds of behaviour that causes trouble in school. Eleven boys under the age of 12 who have either been excluded…
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