Here’s a great way to teach your child appropriate behavior; you rehearse it. It’s a really easy technique to follow but it will have your misbehaving child behaving appropriately in no time. You can read more about it in Ray Levy and Bill O’Hanlon’s book, Try and Make Me! The book is a resource for parents with “defiant” kids but many of the techniques can be adapted for non-defiant kids. There are four steps to this technique: (1) Decide on a behavior you want to change. Then tell your child that, based on the way he’s behaving, you think he … Continue reading →