A parenting complaint I hear time and again in my practice is that “my kids just won’t listen!”
So what do you do when you have tried explaining, reasoning, reminding, distracting, ignoring, punishing, shaming, bribing — and even begging — but nothing works? Have you just got a bad egg? A future deviant? Is there no hope for your little monster?
Don’t worry, help is at hand. Shown below are some proven techniques I have used with many families, including those with children who have been diagnosed with ADHD, ODD, and Aspergers. They get parents to really start thinking about why their child isn’t listening to them, and how they can turn that around and restore peace to their home.
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This is a great post. I need a lot of this advice. But is it really a matter of opinion that smoking kills?
I couldn’t disagree more with some of these ideas. If you build a world around your kids that caters to them then they won’t be able to cope within a world that won’t.