Lessen Defiance in Kids by Understanding "Choice & Voice" #parentingtips #shorts

When your child is having the instinct to feel their own feelings, to have their own say or make their own choices. And a lot of times it's going to seem really strange because our child is going to say no to things that they normally really like, like going to ice cream or to a park. This is part of the process of your children developing the agency and the will that they're going to need to be a successful person in life. The best thing we can do is practice giving our children ways to express their own voice, to make choices, sometimes to encourage their creative interests and to let them be responsible for things when it's appropriate. One practical day to day thing you can do along these lines is to give your children what Dr. Neufeld refers to as little steering wheel choices. And this refers to those little cars that are attached to shopping carts at some supermarkets that the child is excited to use because they have the feeling like they're the one driving, but you're actually steering the cart.