Bad Child Behavior – Does Your Child Listen To You?
As a parent are you worried about your child’s behavior? Do you find that your kid doesn’t listen to you? Does child discipline seem ineffective?
It can be very frustrating when kids seem to disregard a parent when they are asked to do a task, or some form of bad child behaviour is addressed. Many parents find that children tune them out when they give them instructions. In fact, it is easy for parents to take this personally. This article explores this problem and gives some parenting strategies that will increase your kid’s ability to hear you and understand.
One of the problems is different communication styles and abilities. Children have a very small attention span and parents have a tendency to talk too much and to lecture you. Put these two facts together and you can appreciate why children do not listen.
Firstly it is important to get down to the level of the child. It’s a lot harder to ignore somebody who is right in your face. Change the way you talk to your child. Most parents used to many words and the child loses focus Decide what you want to say ahead of time and then say it in simple words. After giving the instructions just keep quiet.
Keep instructions short and sweet. First of all encourage the child to look you straight in the eye. By using eye contact you know that you have the child’s attention at that moment. For example “Jane, I need you to put your toys away now.”
Asked the child to repeat to you the instruction tell me what I said to you in after the child has repeated it just carry on what you were doing and let the child do what you ask them to do.
It is important for this interaction that you keep calm and clear. There is no need to threaten or yell but speak with clarity, calmly and concisely.
Think about the way you generally communicate with the child. Don’t have every communication with your child that is action focused or serious. Most communication should be light and fun.
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