Question

Describe the situation: what you should do with the backward child in your surrounding.

Answer 1

If you’ve raised children, are raising children, or have ever been around children, you know that regression is a pretty typical part of childhood.

Regression is when your fully trained four-year-old starts having accidents or wetting the bed. Regression is when your independent-to-a-fault three-year-old suddenly won’t sleep without every light in the house on. Regression is when your five-year-old senior kindergarten student starts having a temper tantrum every time you say the word “school.”

Regression is a stage in which a child displays a behaviour that is developmentally younger than they are. Typically they are showing behaviour that they have already grown out of, such as wanting a bottle or a pacifier. Other examples of common regressive behaviours are temper tantrums, whining, aggression, thumb sucking and baby talk.

Regressive behaviour can be caused by stress, frustration or a traumatic event. Some common causes are the arrival of a new sibling, divorce, dealing with a death, moving or starting a new school or daycare. In these situations, children often feel insecure, angry or scared, and lack the communication skills to share these feelings with the adults in their lives. As a result, children revert to behaviours that they know will attract the attention of these adults.