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July 20, 2001
 | | | | | | | | Dear Dr. Needlman,
My four-year-old has begun to exhibit aggressive behavior toward parent helpers at his preschool. He never acted this way toward the adults at his previous preschool or at the other daycare center he has attended. What can I do to prevent this behavior? How can his teacher and I rid him of this behavior?
Dear ejkendall,
The new appearance of aggressive behavior in a child means that something important has changed. It's up to parents and teachers, working together, to figure out what that something is. You can ask the child, 'Why are you acting this way?' but you'll probably never get a satisfactory answer. Young children simply don't have the insight to understand their own behaviors or the language skills to express their ideas clearly...
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| PARENTS ARE TALKING | |  | AUTHOR: mom48
SUBJECT: bed wetting
DATE: July 11, 2001 |
My four and a half year old girl wets her bed every night. She is always dry all day. We just took her pull-ups away at night and hoped she would stay dry but it hasn't worked. We have tried positive reinforcements and encouragement so far. She obviously lacks the contol or awareness when asleep. I don't want to consider the alarms at this time. I'm wondering if I should wake her in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom or is that another bad habit? Anyone with experience please help.
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If you are going to invite only a few youngsters from your child's class to his birthday party, avoid an uncomfortable situation at school by delivering the invitations by mail. That way, uninvited children won't be as likely to find out and feel excluded. |
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