Here is a suggestion for helping children learn to obey you:
Use humor: Humor is a excellent way to get children to obey. As long as they don't see your command as a game, then a funny song or funny face might swing them around. For example, you can:
* Deliberately get things wrong or do things backward.
* Tell funny stories of when you were young and did this activity.
* Sing a goofy song about the activity in a goofy way.
* Let the child help you with the activity, and in return, you get to help the child.
* Pretend something silly about the activity.
* Recall how the child had such a hard time with the activity as a baby, but now is so much older and more capable.
* If it's safe to do so, allow the child to help a younger child (or perhaps a stuffed toy) with the activity.
* Pretend to be someone else, like a favorite story or television character.
* Turn your hand into "Hand" or "Spider" (they don't need puppet costumes, so they can come out at any time), and let the child explain the activity to Hand or Spider.
* Whisper a favorite story, secret, loving comment, or song.
* Have a race -- perhaps a silly race, with mistakes on your part -- to see who can finish first.
* Emphasize how the activity will have such good and wonderful consequences.
* Sometimes you can just laugh until finally the child starts laughing too.
See other suggestions on the Safer Child Web site at this address:
http://www.saferchild.org/tipsfor4.htm
The information in this post is copyrighted. You may quote the original article. The proper citation is:
Rogers, L. (n.d.) "Tips for Effective Discipline." Retrieved (date) from the Safer Child, Inc. Web site: http://www.saferchild.org/tipsfor4.htm
Monday, August 11, 2008
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This blog is related to the Web site: Safer Child, Inc., located at http://www.saferchild.org/ and http://www.saferchild.com/. It's for parents who wish to provide feedback, suggestions, comments or questions relative to child health and safety.
No one's born knowing how to parent. It's okay to ask for help -- and it's smart. But there's an overload of information out there, and sometimes you have to kiss a lot of toads before you find the prince. Our goal is to help you skip the toads. We at Safer Child want you to have the most professional and accurate links (with the most up-to-date and comprehensive information) so that you don't have to slog through the Internet yourself. In the process, hopefully we're helping your child -- and the other children of the world -- be healthier and safer.
Please note: The information provided by Safer Child, Inc. is located at the web site, at (http://www.saferchild.org/ and http://www.saferchild.com/).
Thank you for visiting. We look forward to hearing from you!
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