Both parents and teachers alike are concerned about children who are openly defiant of adult requests. An oppositional child can be argumentative and may deliberately annoy students, siblings, teachers, or whomever they feel like challenging. They may attempt to engage others towards some type of interpersonal confrontation in order to handle internal struggles they are experiencing.

Developing Self-Control for Success

“I am going to give you a marshmallow right now. However, if you can wait until I come back before eating it, I will give you another.” That is the instruction from a classic psychological study referred to as the “marshmallow experiment”. The point of the study was to measure young children’s self-control and see…

Use School Honeymoon Period to Establish Home-School Connection

The excitement could be felt throughout classrooms as the school year was about to start. Students were excited to be back in school and see many of their friends for the first time since the previous school year. They also were a little nervous and curious as to what their new teachers and classes were…