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In an article in Young Children, Emmy Werner makes these suggestions for teachers, neighbors, coaches, social workers, community workers, police, and others who spend time with children:
- Accept children’s temperamental idiosyncracies and allow them experiences that challenge, but do not overwhelm, their coping abilities.
- Convey to children a sense of responsibility and caring, and in turn reward them for helpfulness and cooperation.
- Encourage a child to develop a special interest, hobby, or activity that can serve as a source of gratification and self-esteem.
- Model, by example, a conviction that life makes sense despite the inevitable adversities . . . each of us encounters.
- Encourage children to reach out beyond their nuclear family to a beloved relative or friend. (Werner, 1984, p. 71)
Excerpted From:
Excerpt from Challenging Behavior in Young Children: Understanding, Preventing, and Responding Effectively, by B. Kaiser, J.S. Rasminsky, 2007 edition, p. 46.
© ______ 2007, Merrill, an imprint of Pearson Education Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The reproduction, duplication, or distribution of this material by any means including but not limited to email and blogs is strictly prohibited without the explicit permission of the publisher.
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