So you’ve whooped your son, taken his favorite game away and he’s still acting up. As parents we’d like to believe our words are enough to encourage the right action. Yeah Right! These smart tale kids are an advanced bread (straight from my granny’s mouth)
I was a teen only 10 years ago and from what I remember, my mom’s yelling voice and whooping threats where like going to the bathroom. It occurred often. It didn’t scare me any more. No I didn’t purposely disobey her. It’s safe to say all her messages stop getting through because I tuned her yelling and threats out.
My mom being the innovative lady she was had another method of communicating. BOOKS! She knew I hated to talk to her about anything but loved to read . Luckily my son loves to read also. He’s tuned out my threats at 4years old. Sad, I know. (Teach your kids with what they like to do.)
Growing up means learning and as much as I’d like to believe my son is perfectly well mannered all the time, he’s not. To help him understand right and wrong we read about different situations and how kids handle them. We then apply those to his life. I have him verbally report what we read and I pray he gets it. (The real test is when he actually applies it)
While we won’t abandon whooping all together there are other methods to explore before I wear myself out chasing a kid,
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Mommy Making Moves by LaChanel Hemphill 