What Parents Need To Know About Discipline & Behavior for Your Kids

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[meganruddock]

You are a lifesaver. Info on add and it's related issues is so overwhelming. Your bite-sized reminders work! I often forget all the books I've read, but these short nuggets help me remember. I rely on them with my life! 😊

[ildart]

I used to do this with my mom. She would say as soon as you wash the floor/dishes, you can go and play outside. I would say: I don't want to go outside (of course I did, but washing dishes was overwhelming for me) so I will not wash dishes, I will just not do anything. Mother understandably got angry, but logic was on my side, so it was an uneven a tug of war.

[MelbourneMoneyMum]

We have a saying in our house ‘do the things that we like, for the things that you like’.

[cochiefemeralds]

I’m learning everything I can even know my nephew is quite a handful. He will scream and cry for eight hours to be the most, and I don’t know how to get him to stop it whenever I have to watch him.

[olgabushak]

We only do screens on weekends and that would be the days our 9yo is willing to help out and do chores. On weekdays there is no incentive I guess for him to do homework or u load dishwasher. I really have to go after him and nag away until it gets done.

[ashleymartin]

Natural consequences make me worried in the world he will get into the kind of trouble he don't want . I am worried because he is not good at following directions at all and disobeying simple request

[someones_janet]

How would you make this work with an 11 year old who just doesn't seem to care either way? He would, most times, rather sit an be bored as a result of not merting the expectation. Being right or being first is ALWAYS thr top priority for him so if he chooses not to do a chore and deal with no screen, he would rather sit and stare (be bored) than to ever admit he made the wrong choice. But, because he struggles with connecting a consequence to a choice, he will make the same wrong choice again. It turns into him never doing chores. How would you approach this?