Positive Parenting goes beyond removing punishments and negative consequences. Positive Parenting principles also focus on building healthy communication habits for the whole family. Communication matters because:
Children do well when they feel respected and listened too, much of this begins with good communication skills modeled by you.
How can you get children to listen without yelling? How can you talk so your child will pay attention and not tune you out? Are you tired of lecturing, nagging and repeating yourself? Are power struggles and back talk challenging your family’s happiness? Positive parenting can help you Increase harmony and invite cooperation by changing nagging and yelling demands into playful, cooperative, direct, actionable requests and instructions.
Read on to find inspiration from helpful phrases and parenting tools specifically focused on creating healthy patterns of family communication.