Do you use the power of why?
When you ask you kids to do something and you get resistance, try explaining ๐๐ต๐ it's important for them to complete the task.
Some examples:
๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.
OR
๐๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ.
It helps if you do this proactively when you first make the request.
But, if you forget, and get resistance, no worries.
Follow these 3 steps:
> Stay calm.
> Acknowledge your child's reaction (e.g., "I know you don't want to clean the bathroom.")
> And then explain why the task is important.
Why does explaining "why" work?
When our kids know we have a well thought through reason for our requests of them,
they respect us more (even if they don't admit it!)
and they won't brush us off as nagging, unreasonable, unfair and all the other excuses they can dream up.
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