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Kids Donโt Listen? How to Stop Lecturing and Start Asking Better Questions
Every parent has those moments when it feels like youโre chatting with the wind. You want to impart wisdom and decrease your childโs stress, but their glazed eyes seem to repeat your fear: โMy kids donโt listen to me.โ Asโฆ
How to Say โNoโ to Kids Without the Power Struggles
Think about how it usually goes: Your child focuses on a goal (even if it is a really bad goal like โteaching little sister a lessonโ), ๐ and then you come in with big energy, and a firm,โNo!โ We allโฆ
It’s Not DefianceโIt’s Science!
Pretty much every kid loves to experiment with chaos: dropping food, smearing things, investigating cupboards or containers, throwing toys — you name it, a toddler has probably gotten into it. It can be easy to get aggravated when your childโฆ
My Kids’ Messes Drive Me CRAZY!
For years I have struggled with the mess that our lively, spontaneous, creative, frequently disorganized children made at high speed. I used to call it โTrash and Dash.โ Since their father has somewhat more โrelaxedโ standards of housekeeping than Iโฆ
โIf My Kidโs a Slob Now, How Will He Hold a Job Later?โ
“When I look at my sonโs messy room, it puts a knot in my stomach.โ Joe was insightful and honest as he described his emotions about his sonโs room. โJust the sight of his dresser drawers hanging out with stuffโฆ