Thank-You Practical Parenting for the Tips on Teaching Kids to follow directions! Here are a few of the highlights I loved: 1. Avoid reasoning: Children under the age of 6 have little understanding of abstract consequences. Telling your daughter to put her toys away because she might trip and hurt herself has little meaning. If it didn’t happen already, why would it? This tip is great for me since I am always trying to reason and it is a great reminder that she might not have the understanding. 2. Avoid yelling: Believe me, I know, sometimes this is easier said than done. Parents can easily get caught up in a cycle of repeating the same command in a louder and louder voice until they find themselves having an adult temper tantrum. Your child will quickly learn to wait to perform the task when the yelling starts. Ah Hello... This make sense but yet I catch myself raising my voic...
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