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children probably wish that they didn’t misbehave just as much as parents do.
If you have told a child a thousand times and he still does not understand, then it is not the child who is the slow learner.
Before you discipline, you should always pause and ask yourself, “Why do I feel the need to discipline in this moment?”
“Does she understand what she has done? Could she have controlled it? Does she have the brain development to do better?”
The secret to emotional intelligence is knowing that all emotions are OK; it’s how we manage them that matters. Until your child learns how to manage her emotions, it is your role to externally manage them, while leading her in the direction of self-control.
We all have a lot to deal with on a daily basis, and if we as adults don’t navigate the journey perfectly at all times, then we shouldn’t demand that our children do.
“All behavior is communication.”
