Clap-growl
Several loud claps followed by a low growl is both a warning signal and
a mild consequence that all cave-kids understand.
Clap-growl
Confidence builders
Little self-esteem boosters that make your toddler feel like a winner
(such as asking your child’s opinion and playing the boob).
Confidence builders
Connect with respect
This is talking
to your upset child using the Fast-Food Rule spoken in
your very best Toddler-ese.
Connect with respect
Double take
After you get your toddler’s attention with a clap-growl,
put up a finger
and turn your face away for a moment. This shows that you’re the boss
and helps avoid getting into staring matches.
Double take
Fairy tales
Like the age-old tradition of teaching values through story-telling, these
are little stories that you make up to illustrate a specific lesson you want
your child to learn.
Fairy tales
Fast-Food Rule
Before
telling an upset person your point of view, first repeat back how
he’s feeling … in a way that touches the sweet spot of his emotions.
Fast-Food Rule
Feed the meter
Giving your tot many bits of fun and attention
all day long is an almost
instantaneous way to boost her good behavior.
Feed the meter
Give a fine
Removing a valued privilege or possession is a way to punish
unacceptable behaviors.
Give a fine
Give in fantasy
When you can’t or won’t give your child something she wants, tell her
how you
wish you could give it to her … and much, much more.
Give
in fantasy
Gossip
Supersize the impact of your praise (or criticism) by letting your child
overhear you whispering it to someone else, like Daddy,
a bird on the
lawn, or his favorite teddy bear.
Gossip
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