Parent Talk

Children seek extra attention as a way to connect
Rachel Wigglesworth Rachel Wigglesworth

Children seek extra attention as a way to connect

You know you have an attention-seeking child if you have a child who always interrupts you when you are on the phone, picks on siblings when you are busy, wants to play when you are working or cooking, is always forgetting things, becomes mischievous or doesn’t follow through on agreements or constantly asks “why?” You find yourself repeatedly nagging, reminding or otherwise engaging. Attention-seeking children keep us busy with them by…

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