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Toddler and Boundaries do not go together, they are something that your child needs to learn and to understand that there are rules. Your toddler does not yet have the mental capacity to understand your pleads, your bribes or even your reasoning with them, you only confuse them and you are wasting your time. Your toddler [...]
When the naughty step just does not work for you or when you have older children I use the One Strike Rule technique which does work. The one strike rule can stop bad behavouir and does not give your child the attention that the naughty step does. For older children I find this method [...]
Well we’ve all heard of terrible 2′s but no-one warns you about the onset of the “threenager”, an apt name to describe the strops and tantrums that you may have to endure as they approach 3! I remember all to well how Jasper turned into a little brat at the drop of a hat, [...]
Parenting style is one of the strongest influences on how a child drinks as a young adult, a study suggests. Independent think tank Demos studied data based on about 15,000 children born in the UK in the last 40 years. It found that a “tough love” style of parenting was the best way to ensure [...]
1: Praise & Rewards Children thrive when they know they are pleasing you, they want you to be happy. Ensure you praise them, that way they learn that what they were doing was right. The more you install this method into behaviour, the sooner you will see a huge improvement. Rewards are a great [...]
Take care of you: This is the most important:, you need to take care of your own needs. Don’t put yourself at the bottom of the list! You are the head person of your family. Your family need you to be at your best. This means giving yourself the love and care you deserve. The [...]
This controversial parenting issue often comes under discussion. Is smacking your child an accepted form of discipline? My own personal opinion is, if you have to pysically smack your child then as a parent you are doing something wrong. There are so many techniques that can be used, smacking should be used as the very [...]
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