My child is treating me disrespectfully. What do I do now?
We know it shouldn’t happen but it does: Kids sometimes blow up at their parents. This can happen because they are two years old and not getting their way or because they have an impulse control disorder or because they have not yet learned their manners.
Whatever the cause it is a behavior that must be stopped in its tracks. Nowhere in the Ten Commandments does it state “You must honor your mother and father — unless of course you are upset with them and/or you have trouble controlling your mouth.”
Parents Have Feelings Too
Teaching a child to express his or her feelings appropriately is one of the tasks all parents undertake. When a youngster shoves a sibling out of impatience or anger a parent steps in and reminds the child to use his words. When a child shouts in dismay because she is missing her best sweater and someone must have moved it without permission the parent sympathizes and then reminds her to keep her voice down and express her concern calmly. It’s all in a parenting day.
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