When you look at magazines and adverts it seems that our society is obsessed with swift solutions, offering promises like Five-point plan to create a new you in under a week. Life does not work like this, for adults or for children. Good ideas and strategies take some time to work, although not always extraordinary lengths of time, and dealing positively with childrens behaviour requires energy, commitment and a lot of patience.
Children learn ways of behaving at home, both positive and negative, and you will see the results of their experience in your nursery or pre-school. They also have a great capacity to learn new ways of handling everyday life, but helping them to change takes longer than a couple of days, and certainly more than just telling them they ought to share properly or pay attention. It takes time for children to:
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