The first time power struggles rear their ugly heads, disbelieving parents ask, “Who took my sweet little child?” Power struggles may appear in toddlers as the “terrible twos” or not until the teen years. But make no mistake…all parents will battle their children for power at one time or another.

Power struggles show up in different ways – back talk, not listening, attitude and tantrums. Power struggles are frustrating and stressful for you and disruptive to the rest of the family.

While power struggles are normal, they can be controlled, IF you know why they’re happening and what to do to correct them.

Why Is Everything a Battle?

Power struggles are a child’s way of gaining more control and decision making ability in their lives. If your child feels that you are bossing him around, making all the decisions, or doing things that he could do for himself, he’ll fight back with negative power behaviors.

Kids don’t “grow out of” power struggles. If the child’s hard-wired need for legitimate power isn’t met, power struggles will continue and intensify.

Do You Contribute To The Problem?

Power struggles are not just a “kid problem”. To pull the plug on power struggles once and for all, parents have to know how their personality style and discipline strategies may actually ignite and intensify power struggles.

Positive Parenting Solutions Online will give you a step-by-step process to end power struggles you don’t want – complaining, arguments, negotiation, back talk, ignoring, and not listening and…give you more of the positive power behaviors you DO want … independence, personal accountability, cooperation, respect and responsibility.

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You can learn more about power struggles by reading recent blog posts: Shift the Power Struggle Paradigm and Why are POWER STRUGGLES so hard to correct?