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181: Why ‘giving choices’ doesn’t work – and what to do instead

Your Parenting Mojo - Respectful, research-based parenting ideas to help kids thrive

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The Importance of Choices in Parenting

Sensing choices diffuses conflict and lets children assert their independence in a healthy way. It is an extremely effective technique to use with independent, defiant children and toddlers. We're trying to let our child feel as though they have just a little control so they stop fighting us but not so much that we would compromise our authority over the child. That means we haven't understood the child's needs which is why they're pushing back.

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