If you are experiencing difficulties in your relationship with a child based on the behaviors they are exhibiting, stop for a moment and list all the words you are using to describe this child in your thoughts. The power of the unspoken word can influence the emotionality of the child. Look carefully at what you are feeling in this situation. Children respond significantly to the amount of tension you are carrying in your response to what they are doing. Children react to pheromones.
All humans do.
If we want children to behave appropriately or take charge of themselves, we must get in touch with what we are experiencing ourselves. We must become focused and calm. Children are like little radar detectors. Think back to a time you were emotional and upset. A child may jump up and cause alot of disruption or the child may stay close to you and try to snuggle in.