How to win the waiting game

Younger children just don’t understand why they need to hurry, says Helen O’Callaghan.

YOU leave your five-year-old to get dressed, and 10 minutes later, he has got just one sock on.

Dawdling is one of the most frustrating and common childhood problems, says Joanna Fortune, clinical psychotherapist and director of Solamh Parent-Child Relationship Clinic.