How to deal with a stubborn child in the classroom?

Stubborn children can be seen in almost every classroom. Their behavior is always irritating for the teachers. Other students get disturbed too by their attitude. We often see parents held helpless off their kid’s daily complaints. There are generally not such teachers in the schools who are trained enough to tackle such children. Remember that strong-willed children are also difficult to handle. 

Here, we must take into account that what are the causes of their stubbornness and arrogant behavior. The children who are stubborn will always be in an angry mood. They generally show you an arrogant attitude and will not listen to you. They will not act according to your directions either. When we talk about the factors behind this stubbornness, there can be a factor of their peers who make them jealous and furious of different things. They hit them in recess timing and show their superiority too. The secondary thing can be the teacher’s uncooperative behavior with them. The teachers do not bother even when these children do well. This makes them feel less important to the teacher. Less appreciation or we can rather say no appreciation can damage their thinking.

We should be focusing on the techniques that should be applied by the teachers in the classroom to get rid of the stubbornness of these children. 

For this purpose, the first thing we should be taking into account is the selection of peers. As we know a teacher can play a wide role in the development of any child, so he must arrange a seat for a stubborn child with a bright student. He must assure him seating with the same student throughout the school timing. He should teach a child to observe how a good student should react. For this, he should also involve that bright student in this mission and ask him to help his friend do and arrange things. We usually hear the saying that a man can be changed by the company he keeps. This is no doubt a true fact. When we make sit a stubborn child with an obedient child, it will surely impact his mind and he will unconsciously start imitating his friend’s behavior.

We have another solution to this problem which is to set a stubborn mind in doing multiple tasks. A teacher should arrange some activities for students to engage their minds. Some group activities or team activities are very great options in this regard. 

Another Reason

Another thing that can we can do is to give these children the platform to speak among others. A guardian must arrange little competitions to let these children come forward and share their opinions in front of others. Then he must appreciate him in a certain way, for example, giving him candy or hugging him tightly, making stars or some characters on his hand, asking for a clap in the classroom. It is a good practice to prominent their work among the rest of the students and gives them little rewards to enhance their motivation. It can be a big help if you listen to them and let them speak too. 

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