Caper Children Are Not Always Bad, Experts Say: They Need Attention To Survive

Illustration of the word caper expert is not always bad but because they survive (Freepic)

YOGYAKARTA Caper children generally refer to the negative behavior used in the field of mental health. However, this is often not right on target because seeking attention takes children to survive. According to Candida Fink, MD., child/agenary psychiatry and commonly practiced in New York explains, the development of children makes adults pay attention to them. For example, babies cry when they need something from adults. This is certainly noisy and not specific about asking for anything so that it makes parents think about what children communicate.

With age-appropriate developments, children develop more effective skills to get the attention of adults. These skills are controlled by language and impulse. Through language, meea is stuttering and less efficient in expressing what it needs to make adults guess. The impetus that encourages screaming, bullying, and vomiting needs to be controlled so that they are orderly emotionally and adaptively.

All children seek the attention of adults, but we don't really realize it when they develop skills that suit their age to do so. There are children who have impulse control so they have the ability to communicate effectively about what they need. But there are also those who lose impulse control to get the attention of those closest to them.

Children have difficulty developing their abilities to seek attention according to their age for various reasons. Including neurological development disorders such as speech and language problems, autism spectral disorders, ADHD, and/or psychiatric conditions such as anxiety, OCD, depression, or mood management disorders. Children who experience ADHD, such as Fink patients, Marina. He was diagnosed with ADHD which is difficult to express in words, wait for his turn, and tolerate frustration.

The solution that Fink offers does not reduce the amount of attention given to children like Marina. But it is important for parents to identify the skills their children have. If they cannot wait until they get attention, then the parents need to respond deftly or measure other emotional abilities that can be managed so that their capers do not interfere with other activities. Launching Psychology Today, Friday, January 19, in the context of Marina, identifying problems as symptoms of ADHD helps adjust expectations about what can and cannot be done consistently. With this identification, it will help develop accommodation and support that brings positive attention to adults, not negatively.

It is important to remember for parents, all children want positive attention from adults. labeling'son caper' in a negative context, actually diverting parents' attention from solving problems. This means that parents need to succeed in overcoming the basic challenges to switch from regulating how much attention they have to pay to fulfilling their child's needs.