Parenting a Difficult Child? Think About This...
by Sierra Sparks, MFT on 11/16/15
Are you parenting a challenging child? One thing that can help is changing your perspective. Many times difficult children are negative attention seeking. This means that they are attempting to get you attention however they can, even if it means they are getting you upset. If you change how you think about the situation, you will react less. If you react less, you feed the negative attention seeking less. This does not mean "giving in" or not consequencing. It is all about where you give the majority of your energy.
"Don't water the weeds."
This quote basically covers it. Put your energy ("water") where you want to more. Give your attention seeking child lots of attention when engaging in positive behaviors and ignore (give consequence and then disengage) negative behaviors.
Is it to a point where you need child or family counseling? Call me or email. Sierra Family Therapy - 530-913-5054 - sierrafamilytherapy@gmail.com
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