How to correct your child’s rebellious behavior
If your child has a rebellious behavior, then you will have to correct his behavior effectively.
Children can have rebellious behaviors and this makes parents nervous because they do not know how to redirect these challenging attitudes. You may think that a strong and strict hand is the best way to stop rebellious behavior … but in reality this will only serve to make your child reveal himself even more against the strict rules and regulations that you want to do at home .
You need to cultivate an open relationship with children in which they feel safe enough to share the feelings you have with your child and the feelings your child has with you. It is a way for your child to respect you as a father or mother and to correct any rebellious behavior . With trust, communication, and respect, your child will be much more inclined to perform better. If you do not know how to correct the rebellious behavior of your child, follow the following steps so that it is only a distant memory of your lives.
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WHY IS YOUR SON REBELLING?
Understand why your child is rebelling and what kind of rebellion it is. Being rebellious is normal in certain stages of growth and is very common in young children and adolescents … They are testing the limits to know how far they can go.
Instead, intentional rebellion is more practiced by older children and adolescents who consciously want to rebel against you for a purpose. The latter must be taken more seriously since the former may be a problem of character and development, but the latter is a lack and a need for limits, norms, and consequences.
DON’T TAKE THE BEHAVIOR PERSONALLY
Remember that when your child rebels, they are often looking for a reaction from you. Yelling , paying attention, getting angry, or losing your cool just shows your child that it’s okay to express himself aggressively. It is important to remain calm so that he sees the situation as you would in an outside group. Otherwise, you risk turning the situation into a power struggle … and in the end, a power struggle, always ends badly.
ALLOW NATURAL CONSEQUENCES TO OCCUR
Allow natural consequences for your child’s rebellious behavior to occur. If, for example, he responds to teachers at school or skips classes, instead of trying to smooth over what happened, let him bear the risk that that will entail, such as being expelled from school. This is a good opportunity to learn about the consequences of disrespect, and your child can learn what will happen if he continues his rebellious behavior.
OFFER POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT
Offer positive reinforcement when you can. It is too easy to look for the negative in your child when he is having a rebellious behavior and what is more, he is waiting for that reaction as a wake-up call. Instead, you better focus on the positive and offer encouragement when he does something desirable, no matter how small the action. Thank her for being nice to her sister or for getting home before curfew. When you focus more on the positive than the negative, he will slowly reform his behavior to get even more positive attention on your own.
BE REASONABLE
You must be reasonable about the consequences of rebellious behavior. Consequences must fit the bill and expectations must be fully established before you attempt to discipline your child. If your child does not understand their expectations, he can hardly be held responsible for the rebellion. Choose natural rules followed by reasonable consequences for actions and be consistent in your issuance of discipline and consequences so that there is never any doubt about what you expect from your child.
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.