How Do You Handle a Defiant Child? | CloudMom

In this video, I discuss strategies for keeping your cool wile dealing with a disobedient child.
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In this video, I discuss strategies for keeping you cool when dealing with a disobedient child. Dealing with difficult child behavior is SO tough, and can infuriate you, especially when you think about how much time and effort you put into try to take good care of your child. How do all you handle a defiant child? Weigh in below in the comments.

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[HighImpactClub]

Thank you so much for the advice. My strongest tool to address defiance even before it manifests is to offer 2 or 3 choices I’m comfortable with, because many times children just need that sense of control so they try to get in to power struggles with us, but if we release power to them by offering choices, we meet the need, and we are still in charge .

[PattyNaHate]

I totally agree! The guilt is argh! Not allowing things to escalate is my mission.

[sconway]

I really like your advice. You sound very aware of your needs and the child’s needs. I do have a question. What happens when you are dealing with an older child who is at a similar metal capacity and they are in a physical education classroom and they have decided to sit in the path of play (middle of the basketball court) and you ask them to stand, explain why, give them time to work through their IEP and they still sit in the path of play? I am stuck between the other student’s needs and ability to understand, and the needs of the mentally challenged child. I do not have a teaching assistant, and staff can be slow to respond for a request for assistance. How do I safely and respectfully move this child? Being alone is the problem. Our plans are written for two or more teachers. The rest is left very vague because the student are individuals and each have different needs. I want to respect the child, but I am not sure how. I want the child to move and my normal actions which in most situations work, sometimes do not. The school district insists they train us for these situations, but that is not true. I am so afraid of disrespecting the child or worse accidentally hurting them. I know they only partially understand me, and I only partially understand them at that point in this situation. Please help.