How many times have you found yourself repeating a request to your toddler over and over again, wondering to yourself if your toddler can even hear you? There were so many times when I would ask my toddler to do something and then wind up convinced that he must have a hearing problem because he [...]
Tags: child psychologist, compliance, listening, obeying, simplification, toddler
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We’ve been visiting a child psychologist for the past few months in an attempt to help my young son cope with his father going away on military assignment, so I’m learning a lot about the best ways to ask for compliance from him. I’ll pause while everyone chuckles over the idea of trying to get consistent [...]
Tags: 5 second rule, adjustment, boundaries, compliance, discipline, military, Military Families, military kids, psychologist, requests
Posted in: Parenting
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