The Comfort Zone Subscribe to Momscape's free email newsletters. This parenting skill will help you to cut short years of power struggles with your child and will help your child to feel secure in knowing that there are limits.
Many parents leave the area, which can make a child feel rejected.
Follow through, no matter what , if you say that there will be a consequence for misbehaving so that your child does not learn to manipulate you. If you change your mind after a child protests, you are encouraging your child to protest even more in the future. Pick one or two target behaviors to focus your discipline on at a time, such as not playing with their food. It is usually more effective to completely train your child in one or two areas than to try to train them a little bit in many different areas. Be the boss and don't be ashamed of being the boss in your relationship with your child.