The more mischievous a child is, the more vulnerable he or she is?

https://www.shutterstock.com/zh-Hant/image-photo/little-boy-looks-camera-makes-funny-1587228664 By: Family Dynamics Counseling Psychologist      Shelly Mok There is a famous picture book called “Little Mao Gets Into Trouble” in which the main character, Little Mao, often makes mistakes and gets into trouble. Whenever he gets into trouble, he always says loudly, “It’s not my fault,” “It’s not my fault,” “It was an accident,” or “It’s xxx’s fault,” and so on. In reality, a child named Sheung Kit came to my counseling room to play therapy, and his personality was very much like Little Mao. To the class teacher and his parents, Sheung Kit was a child who “shirked his responsibility and refused to admit his fault”. Once, after we had started play

Children misuse drugs to cause poisoning?

https://www.shutterstock.com/zh-Hant/image-photo/sad-little-asian-boy-suffering-stomach-1328906258 Written by : Dr. Chiu Cheung Shing During the epidemic, many parents are stocking up on medication at home, fearing that their family members or children will be infected and unable to go out to buy medication. However, if the medication is not stored properly, it is possible for children to be poisoned by taking the medication by mistake. A parent asked me, ” I have a friend’s child once took the medicine by himself and it caused poisoning, it’s terrible! What should parents do if their children are unfortunately poisoned by drugs? “ In fact, the most common route of poisoning for children is through the mouth, but some are through the respiratory tract,

Drawings peek into the inner world of children

https://www.shutterstock.com/zh/image-photo/image-cute-asian-kid-drawing-193132865 Written by: Unleashing Mind  Professional  Counselling Academy                      Psychotherapist  Lee Wai-Tong Painting can give us room to express our feelings. I use a brush to create a dialogue with myself in another language, soothing my emotions or gaining insight and unlocking my heart. Crying over trivial stuff In my past child counseling sessions, some parents came to me for help. They did not understand why their son, Ming, often cried over trivial things, such as being late for TV, late for dinner, or when his father came home late, etc. They mentioned the situation to Ming, but they did not understand why, which caused them trouble.

Self-protection mechanism of children

https://www.shutterstock.com/zh-Hant/image-photo/little-boy-play-game-angry-feeling-451889422 Written by: Psychotherapist Lee Wai-Tong, Unleashing Mind                      Professional  Counselling Academy One day, a colleague told me that he/she had received a call from a mother who was anxious to bring her son to see me. On the phone, I learned that the boy had pointed a knife at his neck several times in the past month, threatening his mother to give her change to buy snacks, or else he would stab himself in the neck. The mother, on one hand, of course, was surprised at her son’s behavior, and on the other hand, worried that he might stab himself accidentally, so she had to give