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 actions are disruptive or distressing within a nursery or pre-school.
However, to be supportive of the child, we have to keep limits on our wish to find out why and stay realistic in our hopes about what an explanation will then deliver.
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