Communicating with your Children
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Loading ...At the most recent parent education session at my youngest daughter’s preschool we covered the topic of effectively communicating with our children. This covered strategies and techniques for improving communication with our kids. I have to say I always enjoy getting feedback from professionals on these subjects and I especially enjoy discussing these issues with other parents as well. It really is nice to know that we are not alone in the World when it comes to having a fussy eater or a child who likes to say the word “Poo”. The one tidbit that really stuck with me from the conversation was the philosophy behind not using time outs with young kids. It has become very common for parents to simply send kids to their rooms when they disobey, answer back, or become unruly. The speaker was adamant that the better strategy is to time in with your child. Sit down with them and hug them, calm them down, focus all your attention on them, and then deal with the behavior. Although this is the right thing to do, it often may not be appropriate to drop everything to do this. We’ve actually found it unnecessary to use time outs especially as the girls have gotten older. If the girls start arguing, as siblings often do, we just re-direct them right away. If the situation gets really bad, then the kids will go to their rooms on their own for some quiet time apart. The key difference between this and the time out, is that the time out is a punishment and this method maintains the integrity of their room as a safe comfortable quiet space.
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