4 Ways Kids Aren't Like Submarines – The problem with Zero Tolerance | Podcast Episode 266

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How do you react when your child makes a mistake, does something wrong, mouths off?

If you respond to bad behavior with lesson-teaching/consequences mode engaged – in other words, if you have "zero tolerance" for your child's transgressions – you're doing your child a disservice.

Even worse, you're doing your relationship with your young child a disservice.

That's what this episode posits, anyway. Take a listen and see if you agree!

PS The title and subject of today's episode came from conversations with my therapist.

"We can't have zero tolerance when we're talking about kids," he often says; "zero tolerance is for submarines."

If these two concepts seem completely unrelated to you, and your daily life with your young child, I encourage you to listen in to today's episode! All will become clear : )

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• A cheat sheet on the 4 ways kids are not like submarines – and what works better than "zero tolerance" when they do something wrong
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• The video of the week: "How to handle your child's bad behavior"

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