5 Tips to handle awful behaviour

We often shout and yell back at our children to control their bad behaviour.However, we don't realise that this shouting would actually make the children more aggrieved and angry.

Positive discipline helps us to overcome this parenting issue as this would make them understand the upshot of their action.
Lets see 5 tips that can help the younger one to conquer the bad behaviour without shouting.

1. Involve the child : Sit with him after he is clam down and discuss the whole situation all over again
2. Show Empathy : Always empathise with the younger one. Acknowledge that you understand how difficult it is for him to finish off his milk or to get up early.
3. Identify the hitch : Make sure that you make your child realise that the behaviour needs to change without shouting at him For e.g: drinking milk would make him strong and healthy. Getting up early would give him enough time to calm himself and to start his day
4. Invite his views: Always involve your child and ask his ideas like what do you think about this one? Always respect his ideas and mutually agree on the solution.
5. Assess: Sit together and assess your new routine. Let your child come out with his views and discuss it together. Remember to appreciate his deeds

Like always you are doing wonderful work and its just another pareanting issue and there is nothing right or wrong..Enjoy the each day as its new learning everyday !!

The wonderful words- 3 simple tricks !!

I am sure that as a parent we always want our kids to use magic words like - Thank you, please, excuse me and many more .. and often we keep reminding them about these small little words.

This is also one of the parenting challenge and I feel by just adopting few simple skills, we can promote this behaviour. Come lets see few examples that would help us to understand it better.

• Slow and steady wins the race : I have stopped repeating myself. Don't force the child to say something which they don't mean. When they ask for water or anything and forget to say please then sometime its repeat after them. Like - Water Please.. this would gradually sink into them.
• Ignore : For a while its good to ignore the child if he is not saying thank you or please. I sometime just stand and wait for my son to respond with thank you and it just takes few seconds for him to realise that he has to say ' Thank you'
• Fun on the way : Children loves the story telling session and often relate themselves to the different characters in the story. Try and tell them story about this boy, who was very respectful and always used to say thank you and please to everyone. This would make an impression in his mind and he would act like this boy. Reward the child for his greatest behaviour.

I know all of us want our children to display the best behaviour and use these wonderful words all the time. However, please remember that you can never force them to do something, which they don't mean so be calm and try out these little tips and I am sure that you would see the change in the little one's.

All the best and let me know which technique worked for you ?