I know it can be maddening when a child needs correction when you - TopicsExpress



          

I know it can be maddening when a child needs correction when you are in the middle of doing something. Rather than shouting, Stop that! calmly walk over to your child, get on eye level and respond. When we shout stop that or thats enough or quit it, we arent 1) helping our kids out of their fight-or-flight response and 2) teaching them skills to calm down/ cooperate/ be friendly/ problem solve/ deal with other people. I know it would be lovely to have kids born with these skills, but they arent. They are born with instinctual reactions but not life skills, respect, concern for others, nonviolent communication, problem solving, cooperation or how to contribute. We need to teach them these things. The repetition we use to teach these skills will eventually sink in. Please be patient while you take the time to respond and guide--eventually your teaching will pan out.
Posted on: Sat, 24 May 2014 11:58:10 +0000

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