LCSD Excellence March 2020 Special Edition LCSD Excellence March 2020 Issue VIII | Page 28

4 Bad Behavior
COVID-19 PARENTING
All children misbehave. It is normal when children are tired, hungry, afraid,
or learning independence. And they can drive us crazy when stuck at home.
Redirect
Take a Pause
Catch bad behavior early and redirect your
kids’ attention from a bad to a good behavior.
Feel like screaming?
Give yourself a 10-second pause.
Breathe in and out slowly five times. Then
try to respond in a calmer way.
Stop it before it starts! When they start to
get restless, you can distract with something
interesting or fun: “Come, let’s play a game
together."
Use consequences
Consequences help teach our children
responsibility for what they do. They also
allow discipline that is controlled. This is
more effective than hitting or shouting.
Millions of parents say this helps - A LOT.
Keep
using
Tips
1-3
One-on-One time, praise for being good, and
consistent routines will
reduce bad behaviour.
Give your children and teens simple jobs with
responsibilities. Just make sure it is something they
are able to do. And praise them when they do it!
Give your child a choice to follow your
instruction before giving them the
consequence.
Try to stay calm when giving the consequence.
Make sure you can follow through with the
consequence. For example, taking away a
teenager’s phone for a week is hard to enforce.
Taking it away for one hour is more realistic.
Once the consequence is over, give your child
a chance to do something good, and praise
them for it.
For more information click below links:
Parenting tips
from WHO
Parenting tips
from UNICEF
In worldwide
languages
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