The emotional development of your child is a key to her future happiness, as well as a cornerstone of well-regulated behaviour, writes Dr Stephen Briers in his book Superpowers for Parents, The psychology of great parenting and happy children.
My son aged nine has started throwing strops and is taking much longer to come out of them than ever before. He wouldn't play with his four-year-old sister at her party and when I told him he was being selfish, he took a huge huff and stayed in it for nearly an hour. I got angry with him, threatened sanctions, tried being nice - pretty much everything - but all to no avail? Any ideas?
