25 Ways to Talk So Your Children Will Listen
Communication is the major part of parenting. If parents know how to talk with their children in the ways their children will response, parents will easily get their children listen to accordingly. Many parents complain their children don’t listen to them even though their children agree with what their parents say. AsDrSears.com posted 25 ways to talk and children will listen:
1. Connect before you direct.
2. Address the child.
3. Stay brief.
4. Stay simple.
5. Ask your child to repeat the request back to you.
6. Make an offer the child can’t refuse.
7. Be positive.
8. Begin your directives with “I want.”
9. “When…then.”
10. Legs first, mouth second.
11. Give choices.
12. Speak developmentally correctly.
13. Speak socially correctly.
14. Speak psychologically correctly.
15. Write it.
16. Talk the child down.
17. Settle the listener.
18. Replay your message.
19. Let your child complete the thought.
20. Use rhyme rules.
21. Give likable alternatives.
22. Give advance notice.
23. Open up a closed child.
24. Use “When you…I feel…because…”
25. Close the discussion.
Not all of these 25 ways are new to you. I think you might’ve tried some before. Which one(s) did you try and your child listened to you? Some of these ways may be new to you. Give it a go and experiment what kind of approach your child will easily respond to.
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