Do you find yourself repeating yourself over and over again? Do you think your child will never listen? Try this counterintuitive suggestion: talk less, and they will listen more.
How to Get Your Child to Listen Without Unnecessary Words:
Connection
Connection is the conduit to cooperation.
Connection moves kids from a defensive state to a receptive one.
Music
Alarm Clock
Create an environment where your kids can be independent.
Timer
Make a List
If your child can’t write, let them draw a picture list.
Race and competition
Who can get all the dirty clothes picked up fastest?
Carrots over consequences: no empty threats
911 scenario
When you need instantaneous obedience:
Reconnect
Hug
Make eye-contact.
Understand their needs.
Make sure they understand your plan.
Play!
Play is hardwired and God-given.
“Scientists have determined that it takes approximately 400 repetitions to create a new synapse in your brain, unless it’s done in play, which takes between 10 and 20 repetitions.”
The virtue of eutrapelia is the virtue of right recreation.
Bring play into whatever they need to do.
Play can help parents de-stress.
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Information
- Show
- FrequencyUpdated Weekly
- PublishedJanuary 5, 2023 at 12:48 PM UTC
- Length36 min
- Episode7
- RatingClean