Teaching What Works

After a parent workshop, a parent asked to talk about a situation with her child. She said that in the last class we talked about redirection and telling kids what we want them to do instead of saying “no” and “stop” all the time, and using an assertive voice without anger. She was given a couple of phrases to use when her child was climbing on the furniture or kitchen counter, and she admitted she thought it would never work.

But after getting angry and frustrated with her child for climbing on the couch yet again, she used one of the phrases from class, “Feet on the floor, bottom on the couch.” She said it shocked him, and he sat down immediately. She tried it again when he tried to use a chair to get on the counter, and it worked again. She is now finding other ways to calmly redirect behaviors and is excited to learn more at our next workshop.