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BEd132: Positive Child Guidance
20120883 Juhi Mehta
Each child is special, unique and important. Hence, it is essential to acknowledge their feelings and, as adults, respect their needs and abilities at all times. “Children’s behaviour is compelled by a range of physical, biological, social, emotional as well as environmental factors” (New Zealand Tertiary
College [NZTC], 2012). Teachers, parents and families play a vital role in sharing the responsibility to usher, channelize and work towards appropriate behaviour among children. This essay will discuss multiple factors that may influence inappropriate behaviour like tantrums and hitting. Hitting and tantrums are considered inappropriate or unaccepted behaviour (NZTC,
2012). It will highlight a range of positive child guidance strategies that can be implemented in an early childhood education setting and lays emphasis on the importance of parent-teacher partnerships to encourage pro-social behaviour.
Essa (1999) terms “hitting as an aggressive and antisocial behaviour”
(as citied in NZTC, 2012). Children who hit others often look for attention or try to test their limits or patience. They may hit others due a variety of reasons.
On the other hand, Miller (2007) terms hitting as an emotional behaviour.
Hitting may be a symptom of an emotional state or particular setting that provokes a child. It is said that hitting is an outcome of an emotional failure, especially for children who find it challenging to express or manage their feelings .A child may hit if he or she is upset or, incredibly, to upset others, to watch and seek attention. It may occur when a child finds it difficult to cope up with a particular situation and is confused about how to react (NZTC, 2012).
Another breathtaking reason for hitting could be self-soothing and this behaviour puts the child’s health at a risk. It could be due to some developmental delays in children such as cognitive or language disorder that lead to unpredictable and violent
20120883 Juhi Mehta
Each child is special, unique and important. Hence, it is essential to acknowledge their feelings and, as adults, respect their needs and abilities at all times. “Children’s behaviour is compelled by a range of physical, biological, social, emotional as well as environmental factors” (New Zealand Tertiary
College [NZTC], 2012). Teachers, parents and families play a vital role in sharing the responsibility to usher, channelize and work towards appropriate behaviour among children. This essay will discuss multiple factors that may influence inappropriate behaviour like tantrums and hitting. Hitting and tantrums are considered inappropriate or unaccepted behaviour (NZTC,
2012). It will highlight a range of positive child guidance strategies that can be implemented in an early childhood education setting and lays emphasis on the importance of parent-teacher partnerships to encourage pro-social behaviour.
Essa (1999) terms “hitting as an aggressive and antisocial behaviour”
(as citied in NZTC, 2012). Children who hit others often look for attention or try to test their limits or patience. They may hit others due a variety of reasons.
On the other hand, Miller (2007) terms hitting as an emotional behaviour.
Hitting may be a symptom of an emotional state or particular setting that provokes a child. It is said that hitting is an outcome of an emotional failure, especially for children who find it challenging to express or manage their feelings .A child may hit if he or she is upset or, incredibly, to upset others, to watch and seek attention. It may occur when a child finds it difficult to cope up with a particular situation and is confused about how to react (NZTC, 2012).
Another breathtaking reason for hitting could be self-soothing and this behaviour puts the child’s health at a risk. It could be due to some developmental delays in children such as cognitive or language disorder that lead to unpredictable and violent