A fear on doctor

A lot of children feel scare when meeting with doctor, noticing on crying and screaming without unknown reason. An experience doctor will comfort the kids while slow lead them into a secure and comfortable environment. In the other hand, the worst doctor will use scare tactic like "stop crying now or you need to stay with me while your mother will have to leave you alone".

These method fail to comfort the toddle but increasing their crying and scaring. It is normal for a child to be fearful and parents need to learn in order to cope with their fears. Few tactics could be tried out to lessen their fear.

1. Comfort them and let them know we understand how their feel now.

2. Explain to them what actually the doctor is doing and if there is a vaccination, let them know the sting or pain will over quickly.

3. Try role playing with the children and let them experience what is happening in the clinic office.

All toddler fear has its reason and need parents patient to explore. Do not vent anger on them and work along with them to minimize it.

Left or Right

Many people nowadays tend to feel negatively whenever a child is left handed – holding a toy, eating, drawing or playing with their little left hand. Most people will urge those parents to help their children shift to right hand.

Anything wrong a child is having preference with left handed? According to expert, forcing a child to use the non dominant hand can create a lot of frustration. It will only confuse them in the long run without any benefit. It is better to spend more time to improve their skill and learning.

A child wont able to determine true right or left handed until they are 2 or 3 years old. They will make final choice soonest and it is greatly influenced by genetics.