Ten Tips for Positive Parenting Your Strong-Willed, Spirited Child
1. Avoid power struggles by using routines and rules.
2. Your strong-willed child wants mastery more than anything.
3. Give your strong-willed child choices.
4. Give her authority over her own body.
5. Don't push him into opposing you.
6. Side step power struggles by letting your child save face.
7. Listen to her.
8. See it from his point of view.
9. Discipline through the relationship, never through punishment.
10. Offer him respect and empathy.
-Dr. Laura Markham
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