The Behaviour Blogs Part 2 – Updating Your Toolbox

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The secret to well behaved kids by Sue Atkins

Successful parents have a wide range of options open to them.

 Over the years (through often trial and error) they have collected skills, strategies and techniques that they have stored away for possible use.

 A metaphor I use a lot when I’m giving my Lunch & Learn One Hour Talks  is to imagine that you are carrying a toolkit around with you so that ideas are always available to you.

When you need something you can just poke about inside and pull out a useful tool to help you.

Just like real toolboxes, mental ones also gather dust and rust so things fall out.

 So you need to regularly empty out and dump, unhelpful or old  techniques that didn’t work and you need to replenish, re polish and acquire new ones that do !

 It’s also a good idea to keep looking out for what other parents are doing successfully too so you can model or copy them. They don’t mind because they won’t even know !

 The parent with the most options open to them is the most relaxed, calm and confident person in the world!

 It’s all about being inquisitive and curious and to be keen to keep learning, exploring and trying new things out so you have the widest range of options and choices in your toolbox no matter what situation you find yourself in.

So just for this week keep an eye out for the great  things other parents are doing and try out  their technique.

 Let me know how you get on …. as I’d love to hear your stories.

 

 

 

 

 

If you’d like to have more of my tools, tips and techniques from Toddler to Teen download my “Secrets To Well – Behaved Kids” MP3 and Ideas Book instantly !

 

 

 

 

 

The Behaviour Blogs Part 1 ~ Do you find disciplining your children difficult?

The Behaviour Blogs Part 2 ~ Updating Your Toolkit

The Behaviour Blogs Part 3 ~ The problem is not your child……

The Behaviour Blogs Part 4 ~Three Styles of Managing Behaviour

The Behaviour Blogs ~ Part 5 Mr Best Friend

The Behaviour Blogs ~ Part 6 Kids Who Argue Back

The Behaviour Blogs Part 7 ~ Ms Tuff Luff

The Behaviour Blogs Part 8 ~ Influence your kids rather than control them

The Behaviour Blogs ~ Part 9 ~ If you don’t set boundaries for your kids who will ?

 

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