Handling children is a broad topic. It can relate to any number of things, from how to raise a child, to how to manage a daycare, to even how teachers or other people may handle children in their work related tasks. It’s a very good topic for a broad range of ideas, and could possibly lead to discussions about varying parenting techniques, to how any adult, even in an emergency situation could handle a child.
Figure out what you want to focus on when it comes to increasing your ability to handle children well. Just keep in mind that no matter what you are planning to do, you keep in mind that you are shaping their future and the future of our world. It’s a really big deal that needs your love, time, and attention.
Take a moment now and think of a few ways you can take 15 to 20 minutes out of your day to make your child’s life a little bit easier, more filled with your love, and that much easier for both you and him / her to handle.
This RichardStep Marketing survey was designed to get a better understanding of what really gets under the skin of those folks out there dealing with handling children. Read over the awesome answers below and see how you can tailor your business to address the frustrations of the people most relevant to your business niche market. Want more? Read the 125 other topics in the ‘Frustrations’ survey category by clicking here.
The following list are uncut and raw responses of the things this group found most frustrating in their daily lives.
Handling Children
- My child being ornery. I want her to be independent and confident but I want her to know that I am in charge. It’s a difficult situation to balance.
- Get a child ready for school who wasn’t cooperating. It was frustrating because we were running out of time and he wasn’t responding to my urgent pleas to move fast and he almost missed the bus.
- Help a child with developmental issues write the alphabet. It’s frustrating b/c he was unable to mimic the motions of the letters on his own but could do it by tracing the alphabet.
- Make my child get up, clean up or simply listen to me and my requests. This is very frustrating because I feel I have no control.
- Babysit children;I occasionally have to babysit my younger siblings…they fo not listen and frequently have me running about the place trying to calm the storm that is them.
- Organise childrens activities, design house plans, organise home life while i am away this week
- Scheduling child care for jAyda has been stressfull because I have to depend on other people
- Telling my child to clean up his room. The reason why it frustrating because he knows this is one of his requirements for weekly task.
- To teach a child how to play baseball. It’s frustrating when you show a child what to do over and over again and they chosse not to do it.
- Getting the children motivated! I want them to be successful in school and away from school!
- Clean up my child’s poop from the couch. I can’t seem to get her to just do poo on the potty!
- Make sure my children had everything they needed for a campus visit. It is frustrating because I think they should know this by now…
- Confronting a child that does not want to contribute to helping out around the house
- Talking to my children as to why it is important to always do your best and never settle for average. They are young and can’t see the outcome yet. This is frustrating because I wish I had learned this younger in my life.
- Deal with a sick child. Not knowing how to help or how to make it better is frustrating to me.
- Getti g my grown children to understand that laughing at everything their children do is not teaching them the much.needed lessons.
- Taking care of my children – because i am tired!!! :(
- Working around my children, they need a lot of attention but at the same time i just want to work and get all the hard things done so i have a lot of time for them on the future
- I had to babysit a child who was angry and crying for no reason at all. It was frustrating because there was no way to calm her down and she had nothing to be upset about so I had to endure her screaming and crying.
- Deal with an autistic child who was crying and has language and communication issues.
- Trying to console the child I babysit while he cried for 1.5 hours. This was frustrating because I didn’t know why he was upset.
- I had to help my two older children with their science project boards. They didn’t want to work on it. I had to push them to do it. It was frustrating!
- Monotonous tasks caring for children were frustrating, because they aren’t intellectually stimulating.
- Dealing with a mentally ill child who doesn’t seem to accept any help yet wallows in her own self pity
- Tolerate the selfishness and childishness of an adult family member. frustrating I believe for obvious reasons…
- To keep my zen with my small children, because I need to be calm, and don t always succeed at it.
- Deal with a situation with my children. Was frustrating because we’ve had to deal with similar issues multiple times and have seen no improvement.
- Not being able to spend time with our children because we are living in NZ and they are in SA.
- LitCrit. If satan and Carl Jung had a love child, it would be LitCrit. It was horrific.
- Feeling helpless when taking care of my sick child. This was frustrating because there was nothing I could physically do to maker her feel better and I hate not being able to easily fix someone’s problem.
- Stress in family life. Assault on me . Loss of child
- Not being able to attend all three events at my child’s school. I find it frustrating as I feel they could have staggered them over a few weeks instead of crammed into one week.
- At home, staying calm whilst putting my insomnia child to bed
- The most frustrating thing is trying to sort out children fighting with each other. It is frustrating because it never seems to be completely resolved and rears it’s head again.
- Attend a workshop for safe guarding and protecting children in sport. It put me in a situation of being with people I did not know. With the uncertainty of having to answer questions, I possibly could not give a correct response too.
- I have to find a career. Take a certification exam. Raise 5 children
- I am a prefect at school and I find it very frustrating when children don’t listen to me or when other prefects aren’t at their respectful duty points
- Tried to play a complex and strategy filled board game with my children. I’m all into it, but hard to keep an 8 yr old’s attention for long. Ended up stopping the game. Maybe next time we’ll do Candyland.
- Clean my house after leaving it for 2 years and look after my 3 children two are teenagers and a 2 year old
- The most frustrating thing I have done is to help a special needs child with computer class.
- Trying to figure out what to go to school for. ..because I have 2 children and everything impacts all of our lives.
- The most frustrating this was having to watch a mother neglect her children at the gas station
- The people I work with are the most frustrating part. They behave like children and can be so rude.
- The most frustrating thing is to make lesson plans for when i teach in my child care
- On a regular basis I am frustrated by dealing with two ignorant sexist man children who think that they are intelligent. they are inferior.
- Make decisions regarding the impending expansion of my family. I’ve never had a child, it’s unknown territory and is scary.
- Explaining to my father that I need to get a job. basically I feel that they still see me as a child and I’m not expected to do anything but just sit and study
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do over the past few days isn’t anything far from the norm, mothering four children. I don’t believe further explanation is necessary.
- Finish course, as I had to finish the end of my course, sitting room was been decorated, work was very busy and the children had activities. I just had a lot on in one week.
- Being the man/leader in my home at the age of 20. It’s frustrating when my mom has a bf that is 45 and is immature and childish not understanding values and principles in life and becoming that “man”…
- The most frustrating thing is having to choose between a career and my family. My family won, because if I don’t put the children first, then I am not putting the future first. The children are the future and are what is most important. God Bless
- I don’t have a job at the moment, I am going to college. The most frustrating thing about college is trying to balance it with my children and home. When I was working, the most frustrating thing was having to deal with the rude customers.
- Feeling like my job is far beneath me but becoming very worried it may not be. I’m 45, single female, and find myself working in small children’s retail store. Yikes. This wasn’t supposed to happen.
- The most frustrating thing I have had to deal with is my boyfriend! Living together and learning how to create guidelines and boundaries with his children is an on going issue.
- I have some health issues with my back and hip. They have been very painful for a few weeks. Even thoughi have these ailments I still get to care for my children and home. Feeling like I can’t take a wrest has been frustrating for me.
- Dealing with a person who has not done what I have asked them and they have had no reason not to. I got frustrated as they are an adult and where acting like a naughty child.