Be your child's rock
How a child responds to her parents very much depends on how safe she feels with them and how reliable she believes them to be. Make home life consistent and stable as possible and you will provide opportunities for development and growth for all the family. As children grow up they rely on the situations around them to teach them how they should behave and they rely on our feedback to guide them.
Laverne Antrobus, child psychologist and author of Ain't Misbehavin' (Pearson Books, £9.99)
By Laverne Antrobus
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