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Often times, you feel you are talking to your kitchen wall when talking to your kids. "[My] kids won't listen" is a typical thought moms have every day. Here is a nice advice to try by Dr. Thomas W. Phelan, author of the "1-2-3 Magic" discipline book series:
Kids Won’t Listen? Try This!
If you're a parent living with small children, you may often feel like you're invisible to your kids. After spending a day cajoling, reasoning, threatening and even screaming in an attempt to get your kids to behave, you may feel as if they never listen to you, much less respond. But all that talking is precisely the problem. If you feel like you're invisible, you're probably way too audible.
When it comes to discipline, silence often speaks louder than words. Many parents complicate the job of discipline by setting for themselves two goals instead of just one. Their first goal is to get the kids to do what they're supposed to do, which is fine. But when kids don't respond right away, many parents add a second goal: getting the youngsters to accept, agree with, or even like the discipline. So Mom and Dad start reasoning, lecturing and explaining.
One Explanation is fine!
All this extra talking accomplishes only two things—both of them bad. First, it aggravates the kids, and second, it says to the children that they really don't have to behave unless you can give them four or five reasons why they should. One explanation is fine. But the mistake many parents make is trying to reason with their kids as if they were "little adults," and too often adult logic does not impress or motivate young children. Once you say "No" to an obnoxious behavior, you should save your breath. Further pleading will irritate you more and give the child a chance to continue the battle—and the behavior.
- The Moms Buzz
source: ParentMagic Newsletter May 2009 © 2009
Do you have young children in your family? Are any of them young girls? If so you have probably heard the name Bratz and Hanna Montanah about a million times!
Young girls used to play with there barbie dolls but now days the Bratz dolls and others of there ilk have taken over.
Bratz dolls were released in the new milenium and with their cool clothes and passion for fashion they have gone from strength to strength with the younger generation of children, the likes of Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana have brought young girls new idols and roll models to follow.
The children of today no longer need to actually own any of these dolls to have fun with them as they can play online dress up games with all there favorite stars and dolls available to them with the click of a mouse..
The free online dress up games cost you nothing if you already have internet access and give your children a safe and fun way to spend there time and play without you as a parent worrying about what they are up to.
Some dress up game websites also have animals games as well as puzzle games and a host of other fun and safe games for children to enjoy http://www.dressupgames4you.com is one of those websites.
If you are a parent of young girls why not try playing dress up games with your youngster, you might enjoy it too!
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John Rowbotham, Creator of www.dressupgames4you.com
Posted by: John Rowbotham | July 20, 2009 at 12:01 PM