Her patience, courage, and perseverance finally brought her success. A mother should have patience to deal with mischievous children. You can find it if you have the patience to sift through this mess. As mentioned above patient has two main meanings.
Patient can be the adjective form of patience. For example,. However, the noun patient has an entirely different meaning. Using the terms in context in everyday language can give you a clearer picture of when to use "patience" or "patients. Thinking of mothers as people who are willing to calmly endure many hardships, reminds you that, as a group, they show a lot of "patience. You might even combine the two terms in one sentence:. An easy mnemonic device you can use to help you remember when to use "patience" is embedded in its definition: To have "patien c e," you have to be able to wait c almly.
Both "patien c e" and c almly contain the letter "c. Both a "doc t or" and her "pa t ien t s" contain at least one "t. What makes "patience" tricky is that its adjective form is "patient.
For example, suppose you say:. It's clear that in this case, "patients" refers to those receiving medical care or being seen by a doctor. By contrast, you can say:. It's clear that the sentence is referring to customers who had the attribute of being "patient. In this case, the "patients" individuals seeking medical care were "patient" showed a calm willingness to wait to see the doctor. You can correctly use the noun form of each word and say essentially the same thing:. To see if you understand the difference between "patience" and "patients," take this brief quiz.
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Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. Or, suppose another child is hungry, in his mind, the most important thing to everyone else in the world should be getting him some food! In fact, conflict between children, while it should be managed, should not be eliminated. It is through social conflict that children learn to move beyond egocentrism.
Preschoolers are developing self-control. Self-control is not a skill we are born with. Just as we must learn to turn the frantic flailing of our arms into intentional movements, we must learn to turn our impetuous actions into planned and thoughtful behaviors. Young children need the boundaries to be set and proper behavior to be explained, as well as reinforcements and reminders to be given again and again , in order to aid in the development of self-control.
At the same time however, we must remember that they do not think the way we do, and their intentions are often innocent. Preschoolers think in concrete terms. Projecting cause and effect scenarios and weighing hypothetical situations require abstract thinking, an advanced cognitive process for young children.
This often causes them to make choices that are obviously wrong to us, but to them, the disappointing result may be a surprise. Again, knowing this is not license to ignore such behavior. Our coaching and modeling helps them to progress past this here-and-now type of thinking. Reminding ourselves of this developmental stumbling block simply helps us remember to take that deep breath and talk with them from a more understanding viewpoint.
Preschoolers are dependant beings struggling to develop independence. Young children depend on adults for their very survival. From infancy they have learned to do what they have to do to communicate their needs to us.
Preschoolers have progressed a long way from the days of their infancies when they cried to communicate virtually every need, however there are still moments when their ability to communicate is overshadowed by the urgency or depth of their needs. They may again resort to crying, tantrums, or outbursts, in a basic attempt to get our attention and communicate a need.
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