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For parents: Reduce your stress and worry
Around two-thirds of Australian parents report feeling stressed often or all the time.[1]Raising children and adolescents is hard work. It follows then that even the most resilient parent will sometimes feel overwhelmed, and react to situations in ways they are not proud of. If you are regularly stressed and react by crying, yelling, demanding attention,
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For parents: Assist your child with stress and worry
Children cope best with worries when they are reassured, informed, see challenging tasks as achievable and understand that success usually involves sustained effort. 1. Help resolve worries through supportive talking Take worries and fears seriously. Short conversations with your child about their worries can often dissipate concerns. Listen to your child’s concerns, name them and
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Parents who are overprotective are sometimes referred to as ‘helicopter parents’ as they relentlessly hover over their children, trying to micro-manage their affairs. These parents pay extremely close attention to their children to try to protect them from failure, rejection and injury. They want ‘happy’ children and believe teachers should pay attention to their children
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Teachers and other school staff, who deal with irrational behaviour from parents can often feel bewildered, hurt and intimidated, especially by unexpected verbal attacks and hostile confrontation. It may take one or more hostile and unsettling interactions or several debriefings with other colleagues before you realise the parent is behaving irrationally, and that you need
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People can become angry when they believe that they or someone close to them has been wronged. They often believe they are entitled to feel that way. At times, the level of anger might, be out of proportion to any wrongdoing. Very angry people often have a reduced capacity to think rationally. Unless carefully planned,
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