Step 2: HOW to Address Unwanted Behavior
Parenting by Deposit to Change Behavior
Note that it is very important to watch the foundational “Why Is My Child Doing That (And What Can I Do To Make Them Stop?)” videos before moving on to Step 2, trying to change behavior. The terms and concepts in that video series are necessary in order to understand the “how to”s in this step.
These images explain the overall strategy for handling behavior when you want to change behavior:
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- The Overview
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- Handling Behavior in the Moment
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- Proactively Preventing Unwanted Behavior
Below is the order I suggest trying to make changes in your home.
Each of these PROACTIVE DEPOSITS will make the in-the-moment strategy easier to implement.
If you’d like to know how Parenting by Deposit applies to specific behaviors, go here.
Step 1: Improve your firmness/consistency by turning your values into rules. Enforce 1-2 at first before adding more.
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Live Trainings: April 2018
Step 2: Improve your firmness/confidence by learn to respond effectively to kids’ Yuck / big emotions / resistance.
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Live Trainings: May 2018
Step 3: Improve respectflness by depositing into kids’ emotional needs.
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Live Trainings: June 2018
Step 4: Improve respectflness by becoming fluent in knowing the reasons for misbehavior.
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Live Trainings: July 2018
Step 5: Improve respectflness by identifying and teaching tools.
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Live Trainings: August 2018
Step 6: Improve your firmness/confidence by learning to handle YOUR Yuck.
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Live Trainings: September 2018