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Why Doesn’t My Child Like the New Me: Why Our Children Might Resist Our New Parenting Skills

Are you a parent (or carer) who has just read a new parenting book, or completed a parenting course such as Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T)? You may be full of ideas on implementing the new skills you’ve just learned. You’re hopeful that things will change immediately: that the household will become calmer; that you’ll yell less; that the kids will respond positively to your I-Messages; and you have a new way to encourage self-discipline. What you don’t expect is any resistance from your child when you apply these skills. And you definitely did not predict your own resistance to using the skills.

For more ideas on why and how your child (and you) may respond to your new parenting skills, read the full article at: http://www.gordontraining.com/parenting/doesnt-child-like-new-children-m...

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