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21st April 2019
01:30pm BST

"My personal goal is to talk to my kids with the same level of respect and kindness that I use to talk to my husband," she wrote. "The good news is that for the most part, I do talk to my oldest and my youngest that way. "But my poor middle child. "Something about the preschooler-ness of my preschooler was turning me into an angry mother every time I opened my mouth to talk to her."Here's her trick for overcoming her anger.
"Ever since I started wearing the hair ties when I’m around my preschooler, her behavior has been night and day different:Hat-tip to Distractify.Because I speak to her with more respect, she speaks to me with more respect."
- She doesn’t take toys from her little sister as much as she used to.
- She doesn’t blow up over small hiccups in the day.
- And she’s more compliant with my requests, like a reminder to take a potty break, or asking for her to pick up her toys, or suggesting she pretend she’s an archeologist and I’m the dinosaur bones she’s digging for so I can just lay on the couch and close my eyes.