Your child might begin to be clingy as he or she begins to grow up and become more aware of the world around him or her. Your child might also start incorporating various personality traits and habits as separation anxiety kicks in. While some kids tilt towards confidence and independence from an early age, others remain clingy, seeking attention, safety, and reassurance from parents and caretakers, most especially their mums.
Having a clingy child may be tolerable at first but in the long run, it can really become exhausting and frustrating to deal with a clingy child. If this is your plight, you may find the suggestions below helpful to help you learn how to manage a clingy child.
Comprehend what you’re dealing with.
You have to understand and see clinginess as a very normal in the development cycle of your child. Yes, most children go through this stage at different times and to varying degrees, and so, is no cause for alarm.
Different developmental stages trigger it for different kids. For some, it is at the stage of learning to walk, when they are toddlers just learning to put words together to communicate; or when they’ve just gone through a big change like starting daycare or crèche.
As some kids get older and comprehend that they are separate from you, as you introduce them to other care-givers and as they start getting introduced to the real world that is not always friendly or safe, they may feel alone and unprotected. This is why your child might resort to clinging to you for reassurance that they’ve got someone on their side through it all.
Get to the Root of the Matter
Consider the reason(s) for your child’s clinginess. Are they any names, circumstances, or certain places that make your child nervous or uncomfortable? Try to pinpoint which issues make your child behave especially anxious, so you can predict when the clinginess will be at its worst and nip it in the bud.
Also, after you have outlined the possible triggers, consider sharing your findings with her nanny, teachers/other caregivers to ensure they adequately manage these situations when you are not around.
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Paternity leave is to be extended to fathers in Finland in a bid to get dads to spend more time with their children.
In addition, paid allowances between parents will be increased to a combined 14 months. This translates to 164 days per parent.
Currently, maternity leave in Finland is 4 and a half months while fathers are given two and a half months until the child turns two.
The Nigerian government increased parental leave to four months in 2018. The Nigerian parliament rejected the paternity leave billed when it was proposed in 2018.
Currently, only a few private sector organisations like Access Bank and Guinness Nigeria approve paternity leave for their male staff in Nigeria.
The BBC reports Finland’s health and social affairs minister Aino-Kaisa Pekonen as telling reporters that a radical reform of family benefits had begun.
Mr. Pekonem explained that the development is aimed at strengthening the relationship of parents from the start.
On top of that, another six months’ parental leave can be shared. However, on average only one in four fathers take what they are given.
Under the new parental leave, each parent would receive 6.6 months’ leave (164 days under Finland’s six-day-week benefit system) while pregnant women would get an additional month’s allowance.
Parents would also be allowed to transfer 69 days of their quota while single parents would be allowed to use both allowances.
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