Beyond reasons: understanding behaviour

By Jennie Lindon, Nursery World, 27 January 2000

When we feel unable to understand a child's behaviour, the problem may be with our own thinking, says Jennie Lindon

When we feel unable to understand a child's behaviour, the problem may be with our own thinking, says Jennie Lindon When young children are hard to handle, adults often ask themselves 'Why is she doing this?' or even 'Why is she doing this to me?' It seems to be a natural inclination to look for reasons. We hope that there will be obvious causes for the behaviour and that these will help us to deal better with a child whose...

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