“He Just Wants Attention!”: When Our Kids Are Acting Out For Connection
Connection is not something to become conditional, yet that's exactly what we do when we fall into the trap of thinking our kids act out for attention only.
Connection is not something to become conditional, yet that's exactly what we do when we fall into the trap of thinking our kids act out for attention only.
The ability to self-regulate or show delay of gratification is linked to many positive outcomes later in life; interestingly, one of the earlier predictors of this ability is breastfeeding.
Part 2 of the Yelling posts, this time covering the loss of control over emotions and outcomes that can lead to yelling behaviour.
Those of us that have had to admit to yelling at our kids will typically come up with one of many reasons why we did it. We may not like that we did it, but we did and we have a reason.