Dec
25
2008
Kid
If you can teach yourself to “mean what you say” the first time you say it, you can save yourself and your kids a lot of aggravation and then discipline can become the instructional tool it was meant to be. You’ll be able to give up threats.
Have you ever heard yourself saying this to your kids “If you two don’t quit fighting now, I’m going to have to…..” It’s my sincere wish that you do NOT have this habit set up between you and your children. Because if you do, it’s stirring up a lot of unnecessary emotion and you’ll need to break that bad habit. You’ll have to put a new habit in it’s place of meaning what you say, because idle threats don’t work.
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Jun
13
2008
Kid
Communication skills are required of the parent when teaching children how to follow directions. How we talk to our children plays a major role in their compliance as well as their attitude.
Previous generations told children what to do, how to do it, when to do it and the only answer to the “But, why?” was, “Because I said so.” Although some of that is still okay, depending on the issue, parenting skills have changed.
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Jun
13
2008
Kid
Communication skills are required of the parent when teaching children how to follow directions. How we talk to our children plays a major role in their compliance as well as their attitude.
Previous generations told children what to do, how to do it, when to do it and the only answer to the “But, why?” was, “Because I said so.” Although some of that is still okay, depending on the issue, parenting skills have changed.
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Tags: attitude, communicating with your child, communication skills, compliance, debates, deep breath, explanations, eye contact, fine tune, generations, golden rule, how to follow directions, parenting skills, parenting tip, parents, peace, phrasing, teaching children