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STRATEGIES FOR RAISING A STRONG WILLED CHILD

pedu June 15, 2018 0

STRATEGIES FOR RAISING A STRONG WILLED CHILD

Strategies, tips and resources that you can use to help your strong-willed child manage their emotions, homework time, chores and more.

  1. KEEP YOUR CALM VOICE

First of all keep your cool when you sense that Strong Willed Child expressing those needs and wants in an uncontrolled way. When children sense you’re being affected by their behavior they will continue because that means it’s working and they just might get their way, whether it’s good or bad behavior, if it’s working they’ll keep doing it. You can also vocalize what you see their body language doing so that they become conscious of it too.

STRATEGIES FOR RAISING A STRONG WILLED CHILD
how to harness your strong-willed child to listen to you
  1. CREATE POSITIVE CHOICES USING CONSISTENT RULES

Create an environment of positive choices. If you want them to pick up the toys and they are refusing, give them a choice that still ends in the result you want. You might say “You can pick up the dolls or the princess stuff first?” or “It’s time to clean up. You can pick up the red ones or the yellow ones” Either choice makes them have to clean up but you are giving her a choice which feels like power. Be clear about your expectations and rules by talking about them when your child is listening and communicating calmly with you.

  1. CREATE GOALS TOGETHER AND CHART IT

Whenever we observe an undesired behavior arising we try to resolve it by encouraging her to come up with a Behavior Management Chart . We sit down together on the computer and create a chart. She helps us to write the rule and theme. Then we print it out and she decorates it and hangs it up. We’ve created it together and she feels that she’s had a voice, a part of the control that she’s seeking.

All it takes is a week or two with the chart and we’ve seen a big improvement with that specific behavior issue. It’s worked for staying in her bed at night, combing her hair, watching TV, cleaning up toys, eating her food, controlling temper tantrums. Truthfully it’s worked over the years in my classrooms and it very easily works at home. Pick a goal and work with your child for a few weeks and you will see such a difference.

STRATEGIES FOR RAISING A STRONG WILLED CHILD
CREATE GOALS TOGETHER AND CHART IT

4. CREATE STRUCTURE AND ROUTINE

We’ve found that she functions much better when things were told in advance and structured for her. When she knows the weekly schedule and the daily schedule she’s easily able to predict what’s going to happen next. Children thrive on structure in their lives and the predictability of it.

5. PICK YOUR FOCUS KEEPING SAFETY FIRST

We’ve also learned that you have to pick your battles with a strong willed child. First and foremost safety first and there is no exception to the rules. However, in order to successfully experience each day with your child, sometimes you have to focus on a specific area and reach that goal before you can address other goals.

You address a child (whether strong-willed or not) based on what you want her to do at that point in time and also encourage the child with a gift or word of appreciation first. This act of praise enhances her to love what she does.

6. CREATE THE ART OF DISTRACTION

We’ve found that distraction can help to prevent some strong willed behaviors. As we see it coming we try to find a task, job or interest that will take her to a different thought process.

7. TAKE CARE OF BASIC NEEDS FIRST

We’ve learned to ask ourselves 3 questions when we find our child choosing a strong willed behavior. Are they tired? Are they hungry? Are they getting enough attention from me? Many times the whole situation could have been avoided if we made sure these simple needs were met.

Think of those outbursts at the park, on vacation or at Disney and you just can’t understand why and then you realize they are off their schedules, haven’t had a nap and did not eat all their breakfast. It’s necessary to take care of their basic needs first.

STRATEGIES FOR RAISING A STRONG WILLED CHILD
It’s necessary to take care of their basic needs first.

8. CREATE SIMPLE SYSTEMS THAT ARE PREDICTABLE

We had trouble getting ready for school with choosing outfits that she wanted to wear. As you know most 4 & 5-year old girls would wear a dress every single day if they could, plus we had to deal with uniforms this year too. We came up with a simple solution. Every Sunday she picks out her outfits and puts them into the Days of the Week Holder. She picks, from a selection I’ve set out, the outfit, socks, hair bow and shoes.

We’re giving her a sense of control as she selects her outfits. Plus it keeps us organized for when we have to leave for school so early in the mornings. Then on those mornings where she is having a strong willed moment and doesn’t want to wear something we simply remind her that she choose that day what to wear and needs to stick with her plan.

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