Navigating the tumultuous waters of a parent/adult-child relationship often feels like sailing through stormy seas, especially when disrespectful behavior creates waves of tension and conflict. However, amid the
Once you change how you respond to your kid’s disrespectful behavior, it doesn’t mean that their behavior is going to change right away. It takes time and you will need to stick with it.Before I tell you how to handle disrespectful behavior in your child, let’s talk a li...
For example, “I’m sorry. That really wasn’t the way I wanted to handle that situation.” Tell them you want a “Do Over” (Or maybe, “I’d like to try that again.”) Practice your new skill. Afterwards evaluate, “What worked? What didn’t? How do I want to do it next ...
Remember that just because your child is stepping away from the relationship he had with you when he was younger doesn’t mean he’s allowed to be disrespectful. And he is not allowed to break the rules of the household. Healthy emotional distance means allowing and even encouraging ...
communication with kids, how to raise respectful kids, modeling respect, mutual respect, parent-child connection, parenting without yelling, respectful parenting I see it all the time – parents lamenting the fact that their children are “disrespectful” or “don’t respect my rules” or “show...
and ability of the writer, of course. The photo at the top of this article shows a good example of a basic sorry letter from a small child. We all need to learn to apologize for behaving the wrong way. Here is a more in depth example apology letter for disrespectful behavior to ...
It is important to start with names because when you move to the alphabet, the child will say that M is similar to ” Mum” and D is similar to Dad. Alphabet learning is like building a building, we can’t start building from the 5th floor. ...
And it turns out that the survival tips that I had developed over my years of work in residential treatment centers and Child Protection cases—where I saw some of the most defiant, disrespectful and argumentative behavior there is to see—worked just as well for moms as they did for a co...
If your child is being bullied, it's important that you help them understand that bullying is never their fault. Bullying is always more about the person who is engaging in the behavior and not the person being targeted. It's not up to a child toprevent their own bullying, but it can...
Even if we accomplish nothing else in a school day, the least we can do is demonstrate a respectable level of self-control. Part of our job is to show students how to handle anger, stress, and conflict in a healthy and productive way. We can’t just tell them to do that. We have...