Empathize First, Discipline Later: The Key to Effective Parenting and Handling Child Infractions

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Why Children Rebel

When caregivers don’t live by the rules they preach, children start questioning the validity of everything.

• They don’t want to be told No, before being explained why something might not be the best choice for them.
• Pushing too hard will be met with push back.

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What Children Don’t Understand

• What more important things could be happening on your phone when they’re around.
• How you can be so busy that you can’t read them a 2 page story at the end of the night.
• If you’re not changing their lives, what else are you doing?

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What Children Crave

• They crave human connection in the form of bodily contact.
• They crave arms that hug to show care and love.
• They crave a consistent, predictable and responsive care giver.
• They crave for our presence just like how we crave for theirs, except they do it without judgment.
• They want their lives to be seen in the context of a meaningful relationship.

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