Definitions & What to Look For in Your Child Is your child easily frustrated? Y ___ N ___ Can your child stick to a task? Y ___ N ___ My child solves problems quickly and easily without help. Y ___ N ___ My child has launched a new hobby, or interest in the last year. Y ___ N ___ Does your child need help to organize a job? Y ___ N ___ Does your child actively participate in a club? Y ___ N ___ To avoid schoolwork my child has: lied ___, denied ___, pretended to be sick ___, "forgot" ___, put it off ___, depends on others for reminders ___, Has several other tricks to avoid schoolwork ___. It's quick and fairly obvious as to which answers indicate a child with a lack of self-confidence and an ability to cope with living. The current "buzzword" for such children is "low self-esteem". This is not a measure of how much you love your child, rather it is a measure of your child's belief in himself and his own ability to perform a simple task without help. Around age 11 or 12, earlier for some kids, the kids with low self-esteem already recognize their own lack of abilities and begin to further self-segregate themselves, often becoming labeled as "loners", "low achievers", "slow", and similar terms. • These children also begin to evidence "losers limp" while they continue to fall further behind their peers. • A common behavior is inability to deal with frustration with a maturity usually expected for their age, acting out, and behaving like a much younger child. • Others exhibit explosive anger and strike out at those close to them. • This group is more likely to "run away", abuse alcohol & drugs, attempt suicide, "talk a good story", and at the same time always be unable to perform. We have identified, at least tentatively, a group of "at risk" kids. (Do any of these descriptions "tag" your child?) ___ Bobby can't even get dressed in the morning without my help. He's nine and has to have help to do anything. ___ Matt "blows up" at me all the time, for the smallest criticism. ___ Jane keeps talking about her 'friend" who is talking about suicide. Ithink it is really Jane who is talking. ___ Brad lies all the time about not having homework. However, by now it is probably clearer to you from the responses you have given whether or not your child could be considered "at risk". The question, now, is: What to do about it?
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