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Guidance Challenges

This article provides guidance on how to address and manage various behavioral problems in children, including negativism, stealing, anger, biting, tattling, exploring the body, thumbsucking, and fear. The causes of these behaviors and effective strategies for helping children cope and overcome their challenges are discussed.

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Guidance Challenges

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  1. Guidance Challenges

  2. Causes of Behavioral Problems • Overstimulation/overexcitement • Breaks in routines • Noise • Children react differently to noise, some are more sensitive to it than others • Waiting time

  3. Frustration • Children may feel discouraged, defeated, or like they are out of control • Physical problems • Hearing, vision problems, medications,

  4. Helping children cope with stress • Calmly accept the child’s behavior if possible • Talk to child about their feelings and help them recognize and deal with those feelings • Reassure child that you care about him/her • Offer comfort, closeness and encouragement • Provide a supportive, affectionate environment • Effective praise

  5. Specific Problems: Negativism • Children saying “no” to everything or doing the opposite of what they are asked • Accept a child’s negative behavior, if not harmful • If it is something they must do for safety and health, let the child know through your voice and body language that you expect cooperation • Do not hurry a negative child

  6. Specific Problems: Stealing • Preschool children do not know the difference between mine and yours • If you notice something missing, alert other childcare workers • To handle stealing, help children learn to respect the possessions of others • Minimize opportunities for stealing

  7. Specific Problems: Anger • Discourage hurting behaviors • If they do hit another, stop them immediately • Ignore outbursts • Redirect anger through activities that involve the use of the child’s hands

  8. Specific Problems: Biting • Often bite when upset • You can address this problem at a class meeting • Let the children have signal if they think someone is about to bite them • Limit number of playmates during play time • Isolate the biter

  9. Specific Problems: Tattling • Typical behaviors for many children • Try to ignore tattling behavior – suggest the child tells the one they are tattling on to do the action.

  10. Specific Problems: Exploring the Body • If a child is exploring their body in public, guide that child away from the public • Do not shame a child that is exploring their body – gently remind them that it is not polite to do this in public

  11. Specific Problems: Thumbsucking • Many children suck their thumbs to relieve tension or stress • Do not make a child quit sucking their thumb – it may have the adverse effect and make them want to do it more often • Accept and ignore the behavior

  12. Specific Problems: Fear • Common childhood fears include falling from high places, putting faces in water, thunder, the dark, ambulances, or animals. • Fear of the unknown • Help these children curb their fear (i.e., children who are afraid of the dark should have a small light kept on for them) • Accept their fears • Talk to children about their fears and explain it to them

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