Clashes with our children can easily spiral out of control. By giving them a choice, we teach them that how they choose to behave affects the rest of their day. In this lesson, Patrick introduces The Choice tactic and outlines how parents can use the technique to effectively deal with unwanted behavior.
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The Time Change
Sometimes children and parents spend more time dragging out an argument brought on by a clash than getting back to what both would rather be doing. In this lesson, Patrick demonstrates how the Time Change technique can put an end to all of that. By providing parents with a flexible consequence, t...
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The Countdown
For most of us, placing a time limit on a task motivates us to accomplish the task within the allotted time. As parents, we can use this to our advantage by encouraging our children in a similar way. When we employ the Countdown technique, our sons and daughters learn that when a direction from m...
