Why You Can’t Count on Counting 1-2-3 Counting 1-2-3 to get kids to listen is a popular strategy especially among parents of young children. The problem is, it really doesn’t work long-term—instead, it teaches kids to do the opposite of what we want them to learn. Think about it: counting to three teaches kids that they…
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Have you ever seen children acting up in the grocery store…and not just acting up, but being downright obnoxious? What do you do? It takes every fiber of your being to just walk by when you really want to go over and discipline them. You reason that it will help the child and the parent…
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Actually, they aren’t hard to correct. It’s just that parents often pick the wrong strategy to correct them! Don’t feel bad about this. Discipline approaches for power struggles are NOT INTUITIVE. In fact, the opposite is true: most of the intuitive approaches that parents use to “correct” power struggles, actually make them worse. Power struggles…
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Parents are often quick to use “Time Out” as a discipline tool because it is a widely used practice. Physicians, teachers, and other parents frequently recommend “Time Out” as a way to correct common misbehaviors. The problem with this thinking is, “Time Out” most often increases the intensity of the power struggle. “Time Out” is…
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