You Can Take On Different Roles At Home, Such As Coach, Teacher, And Cheerleader, To Encourage Good Behavior From Your Kids Without Exhausting Discipline Techniques
If your child is experiencing behavioral issues, you might feel overwhelmed by it and at a loss on what to do.
Maybe your current strategies to get your kid to behave better are ineffective, and you’re at the end of your rope.
Here’s what you can do differently. Instead of using discipline techniques, like time-outs, which end up losing their benefits in the long run, you can encourage your child to behave in desirable ways.
Depending on what your child needs, there are specific roles you can adopt to bring a little more order to your household, and all of these roles are based on encouragement.
Encouragement can open the door to excellence, growth, and obedience. Below, there are several roles you can take on to encourage kids in whatever circumstance they may be in. You might find that your child responds better to a certain role, but all of these may need to occur at some point.
Coach
Coaches are responsible for providing guidance and instructing people on relevant skills. As a coach in a parent-child dynamic, you will need to help your child break down complex tasks into multiple steps so they can tackle them one at a time. If you simply tell a child to clean their room, they might not know where to begin.
A parent who coaches their child will walk them through the process, highlighting each component of the room that needs tidying up. For example, you might talk about making the bed first, then putting clothes back in dresser drawers, and finally, moving on to picking up toys from the floor.
Your child may already know how to do each of these chores separately, but the concept of cleaning their room may have been too broad for them to understand at first. Breaking down the task will allow your child to approach it with more success.
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Teacher
Teachers must explain and demonstrate the correct methods of doing things. So, if your child is confused about how to do something, you need to show them how it works. In addition, you should also model the wrong way to do something so your child knows what that looks like and that they need to avoid it.
If your approach isn’t working and your kid still isn’t grasping the idea, you’ll need to tap into your abilities to switch gears and adapt lessons to a different framework. This role differs from the coach because a teacher leads the way and focuses on sharing new knowledge, while the coach’s purpose is to help refine skills that are already present.
Cheerleader
Some kids are aware of what to do and how to do it. They have the capabilities but are too afraid or hesitant to put them into action.
They need their parents to offer support while they’re doing something they’re not confident in. Cheering your kid on can help them keep going strong and give them the push they need. When they know someone believes in them, they will be able to believe in themselves.
Referee
There will be times when parents need to enact punishments, and this is when the referee whistle must come out.
When your child does something wrong, you must step in and tell them what they did was not okay. It may not be fun, but it’s important to do so that your child can know what they need to work on.
In each one of these roles, it’s essential to stay positive, optimistic, and enthusiastic. Respond to your kids’ mistakes with compassion, and remember that it’s all about progress, not perfection.
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