Do you find that your child tests your authority on a routine basis? Is peace at home eluding the family? Have you taken the video games away? the toys? used time outs? Is your authority being thwarted? Do you feel like you are not effectively distinguishing unwanted behaviors? Try all of the following as a set of moving forward parameters: Emotion-free parental responses at all times that is keenly aware of how you say what you say, (paraverbal skills). Following through with punitive and natural consequences. The family home is not a democracy. Parents sometimes need reminding not to get into controlling situations which diminish the control their children perceive them to have. Don't have the 'back and forth' argument. Act calmly, lovingly, firmly, and methodically. In the long-term your management way will overpower. Reminding yourself that your kids will act the same way parents treat each other. In quiet households where parents are conversationally re...
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