The fourth skill, is again, somewhat obvious. The child needs to know how to do what is wanted. Many tasks seem obvious and easy to us, but are not so for children. Certain tasks such as doing the dishes or picking up their socks may not need a huge amount of explanation or teaching, but [...]
Understanding Your Child’s Behavior
Why do they do that? And what can I do about it?
Skill 3: Working against impulse
The third skill that children need to master is one of the most difficult. They need to find a way to do what they’re supposed to do, even though they may have a powerful urge to do otherwise. They may need to wait in line to take their turn on the slide, but they’d prefer to [...]
Skill 2: Remembering the behavior
The second skill that children need to master to be able to behave in the way we want is that they need to remember the behavior that is wanted or unwanted. It seems easy to us to remember to say excuse me after we burp or to not run around stores touching everything that looks [...]
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