| Taking help as a parent does not mean you are a | | | | hears a lower tone or a deeper tone, they often link |
| failure. Help can refer to advice, tips, tricks and | | | | this tone with discipline. Moms can lower their tone in |
| parenting ideas. The most helpful of all parenting ideas | | | | order to take advantage of this instinct. |
| are those that are easy to implement and quick to | | | | Drop the Need to Yell |
| work. | | | | Yelling is often a reaction to fright. When a parent is |
| Drop to Their Level | | | | immediately placed into a situation where they fear for |
| When speaking to your child, it is best to drop your | | | | the safety of their child, yelling is the immediate |
| eye contact to their eye level. This will often mean | | | | reaction. While yelling may seem like the best way to |
| squatting down close to the floor before beginning to | | | | capture the attention of your child, children have the |
| speak to your child. This lowering may seem like a | | | | keen ability to ignore a raised voice or freeze at the |
| small change, but to a child, a towering adult can be | | | | sound of a raised voice. |
| overpowering and scary. When the eye contact is | | | | Instead of yelling for or at a child, the better choice is |
| lowered, the child will tend to listen more in depth to the | | | | to approach the child, remove the threat and lower |
| words the parent is speaking. | | | | your body to their level. |
| Drop the Level of Your Voice | | | | Parenting is more a job than a talent. Great parents |
| Have you ever noticed that the children in your home | | | | have just as many questions as parents who are just |
| listen more intently when dad tells them what to do? | | | | beginning. These questions can be answered with a |
| This may have less to do with parenting technique and | | | | few tips, tricks and parenting ideas. |
| more to do with the tone of the voice. When a child | | | | |