Children do not just turn out well on their own. Children are born with a selfish streak that defies all logic. They believe the world is their oyster. Leave this unchecked and you'll have some nasty toddlers, pre-schoolers, children, tweens, teens and then adults. I am a very firm believer in getting the majority of my child-rearing intensive training done by age five. This takes a lot of time, patience, tears and aggravation but it's OH SO WORTH IT!
Liam has been going through a horribly independent streak. After a few weeks of a lot of pure defiance I have decided to try out a 'behaviour chart' for Liam. As he is fast approaching four years old I am moving into the intensive phase of getting him to be a good listening sort of boy!
I found this chart online and he's very keen to earn his stickers. All he has to do to earn a sticker is show some 'good listening' such as saying 'okay mum' when I give him a direct order instead of crying or ignoring me or running away. So far he's been very keen and I have a bag of dollar store goodies for him to chose from when he's filled up the page. I am hoping that listening and obeying starts to become a good habit with him in the next few months. I'll keep you posted!
4 comments:
It's definitely worth it to train your children when they're younger. You'll appreciate it when they're older! Hope the chart works!
Way to go Rachel.
I feel exactly the same way! I think my head strong boy is going to be the biggest test of my patience when he's a little older. ;)
Good luck with the behaviour chart, I hope it works a treat! :)
that's an AWESOME idea!! You'll have to remind me about this when Hudson gets to this stage... I like it and hope it works well for you!
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