Behaviour & Discipline

Handle challenging behaviours and set boundaries that work for your family. Topics include tantrums, discipline strategies, behavioural problems and positive reinforcement techniques.

B.F. Skinner's Behavioural Theory

Skinner's operant conditioning theory explains how behaviour changes based on rewards and consequences in everyday life.

Behavioural Disorders in Children

Some children have persistent behavioural problems that go beyond typical misbehavior, here's what you need to know about ODD, conduct disorder and ADHD.

Child Temper Tantrums

Understand why children have temper tantrums and how to stay calm when they happen at different ages.

Chores for Children

Assigning age-appropriate chores teaches kids responsibility and life skills while keeping them motivated to help around the house.

Common Behavioural Problems in Children

Most young children act out through aggression, swearing, or lying, here's why it happens and what you can do about it.

Discipline Outside the Home

Parents often hesitate to discipline children in public, but doing so calmly can actually earn respect from those around you.

Disciplining Children

Help your child learn right from wrong with practical discipline techniques that teach responsibility instead of just punishment.

Disciplining Young Children

Help your child learn and grow by using discipline techniques that teach rather than just punish.

Reinforcing Good Behaviour

Help your child build good habits by setting clear rules, praising positive choices, and explaining why bad behavior doesn't work.

Rewarding Good Behaviour

Parents often struggle with how to reward good behaviour without creating problems, but a few key principles can guide the way.

Screen Time Guidelines for Children: What UK Research Says

The debate about children and screens never quite goes away. Every few years brings fresh research, updated guidelines, and parents wondering if they're.

The Effects of Punishment on Children

Research shows how physical punishment affects children's behaviour and why discipline works better than pain.

'The Naughty Step' as a Discipline Technique

How the Naughty Step discipline technique works and why parents use it to help children calm down and reflect on their behaviour.

The 'Terrible Twos'

Two-year-olds' defiance and negativity is normal development, not misbehaviour—here's how to handle it as a parent.

'Time Out' as a Discipline Technique

Time Out removes children from conflict and gives them space to calm down, but the location and length matter more than you might think.