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Stuck in a Pattern of Frustration and Anger

Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

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How to Stop a Child From Doing Things They Don't Want to Do

The way to do that is to first expect it on some level, expect that there's going to be this kind of behavior. If we've seen it in the past, if we know that our child is in a big transition, like the transition to a new sibling, we want to try to expect it and then see it at the outset when it's starting. For example, with the stickers on the couch, I wouldn't even say, please don't do that because I could see that my child is already doing something that my child knows I don't want them to do. So instead of telling them something that they already know, I want to notice, okay, they're doing

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