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4 days ago · Overlooking disrespectful behavior can often encourage more of the same, so you have to stand firm when your kids talk back or use mean words. Keep in mind that mental health experts agree that ...
5 days ago · Encourage and reinforce their positive behavior; catch them behaving in a non-entitled way. Increase their awareness of their ungrateful behavior or words by gently pointing out what you observed. Kids need to learn what it means to act spoiled or ungrateful so they can replace negative behaviors with different ones.
5 days ago · Notice when your child is engaging in behaviors that might lead to aggression and correct these behaviors before the aggression occurs: Research finds that mothers of aggressive children are less ...
2 days ago · “I hate you!” “You are the meanest mom ever!” “I don’t love you!” Sometimes our children say the worst things when they are upset. Wouldn’t it be lovely if your children said clearly, “I am struggling with math class.” “I am worried because I heard you fighting with Dad.” “I am sad because my friend stopped talking to me.”
1 day ago · If your almost 5-year-old comes home and says, “Simon is mean,” and you respond, “We don’t speak like that, that’s not nice,” the child learns to not share her emotions with her parents.
5 days ago · Incorporating this tool into your clear discipline plan can be powerful in changing kids’ behaviors. Losing electronics for a day or the use of the car for a week impactfully teaches them not to repeat what they did. Time Outs. Time outs aren’t for punishing. They’re to help kids calm down and reset.
2 days ago · Kids need affection from and positive time with parents. Making some time, even 10 minutes, every day to give your kids your undivided attention, to play with them, to listen to them makes them feel valued, loved, and more willing to listen. Building a strong relationship with your child allows you to teach and guide them.
