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Two Words That Bring Music to a Mom's Ears

It was a typical evening in our home. to me with respectful behavior, I would
Arguments from my teenager, opposition say, "Wow, you just earned a sticker". I
from my preschooler - family dynamics would put a sticker on the chart
that were driving me crazy. I don't immediately. Another important aspect of
remember quite what sent me over the this type of system is that all family
edge. I do remember reaching my limit. members are on the same page. Your
We've all been there. However, this expectations are the same for each child.
time, for me, was different. Usually, I If you are trying to discourage hitting,
am a flexible and patient parent. Mrs. for instance, no one is exempt. One
Incredible I was not this night. I was might be tempted to be harder on an older
unwilling to stretch any further. In child, and let a toddler slip by. This
other words, I developed an immediate will discourage your children if they are
no-nonsense attitude and set to work on not treated fairly. At the same time,
putting in place a new plan for my your husband or any other adult
children.I decided my children need to responsible for disciplining the
understand what "honor and respect your children, must also understand and adhere
parents" means. Sitting in front of my to the new plan. Make sure you are not
computer, I defined "respect" and in disagreement with other adults in the
"disrespect" in terms my children would home or the children will be confused,
understand. Respect meant saying yes and behavior changes will not happen.Now,
instead of no, listening fast instead of I knew my four year old would love
slow, saying okay and doing what I ask stickers, but I wasn't so sure about the
them to do, and dealing with their anger ability of stickers to motivate my
appropriately. Disrespectful behaviors, fourteen year old. Something unexpected
on the other hand, were talking back, set into motion. Because I have two
arguing, and ignoring me, yelling or boys, the game soon became a competition
making demeaning remarks.Being well to get tons of stickers. There was even
educated in behavior management a little healthy competition between the
techniques, I set out to create a chart two of them to act respectfully. Now, of
that would be used to reward and course, they tested me to see if I was
discipline respectful and disrespectful really serious about penalties for
behaviors. At the top of the chart was disrespect. They learned the hard way
the big title, "Honor and Respect Your that I was not going to tolerate
Parents". Underneath the title were the disrespect. A few check marks were
definitions of respect and disrespect. A issued, but the most exhilarating result
behavior management chart is not complete was that I am finally hearing two
without the rewards and penalties. The beautiful words most of the time: "OKAY
penalty for disrespect was an automatic MOM". What a change has taken place in
check mark and a loss of 4 hours of video our home. Our environment is more
computer/TV time. The penalty can be positive and peaceful. The children are
whatever one wants. The important thing learning an extremely important life
is that it is immediate and painful for lesson. We have since graduated from
the child. I am not advocating physical "Honor and respect your parents" to
pain - just taking away something that is "Honor and respect everyone". This cuts
important to the child. On my chart, the down on sibling disputes and teaches
reward for respectful behavior was a children that everyone is worthy of
sticker. Five stickers was equivalent to respect.This type of behavior management
one hour of special privilege time. The system can be used with any type of child
chart was divided into 4 sections because behavior you are trying to change.
I have two children. The top half was Define for your children what the desired
reserved for my teenager and the bottom and undesirable behavior look like.
half was for my preschooler. Each of Institute a rewards and consequences
them had two sections - one for respect program that fits your children. Notice
and one for disrespect. After explaining and reward the desired behavior every
to my children what was expected of them time you see it. Immediately and
and how things were going to work, we put consistently issue a consequence for the
the new program into place.Now, it is undesirable behavior. Success depends on
very easy to recognize disrespectful rewarding the good often, making the
behavior because it is annoying and consequences for the bad painful, and
challenging. However, it is more CONSISTENCY! Soon, you too, may hear
important to notice the respectful music in your ears or see beauty from
behavior if you are going to make changes your eyes.Lori Radun, CEC - certified
in your children. This is what I did. life coach for moms.
Every single time my children responded




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