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Stubborn children do not listen to anyone, they do not even follow the instructions of their parents. Stubbornness can occur at any age and then continue into the adulthood. As parents, its important to find the right ways of handlings your stubborn children by control their behaviour without any stress.
Why does a child act as a stubborn?
  • When parents refuse or deny children to do their favorite work like watching television shows and mobile phone etc. then child feel bad and So they show stubbornness. 
  • A child having siblings may feel jealous and at that times parents gives more attention to the siblings. Thus child becomes stubborn to attract attention to their parents.
Here Parenting World sharing some ways or techniques, you can apply for handling your stubborn child.

  1. Use Distraction :- There are some issues on which you and your child may disagree. For example Car Seat. If you are going for a drive is a struggle every time, try to divert your child with where you are going instead of how or somethings similar, before you reach the car.
  2.  Don't argue :-

    Stubborn child is always ready to argue. So do not give them such an opportunity, instead patiently listen to what does your child want to say.
  3. Establish a relation :- If you want your child to stop watching television and do homework instead, try watching television with him for a while. This will bring in some friendship and often sometime  you can ask him if he did like to do homework as you do some work sitting close by.
  4. Step into your child shoe :- Look the issue from your child point of view. Try to understand why he's behaving like this and take next step accordingly.
  5. Brush-up on your negotiating skill :- Stubborn child find it difficult to accept a fully denial when they ask for somethings so, instead, try to negotiating as opposed to prescribe the law.
  6. Maintain people at Home :-

    Ensure that your home is in a place where your child can feel happy, comfortable and secure. Be polite to everyone at home as your child learns from consideration.
  7. Encourage the positive Behaviour :- Lead the example and be positive at all time. If you use the word 'No', 'Can't' or 'will not' alot , then your child will also the same.
  8. Developing program/Routines :- Fix to daily routines as well as weekly ones, can help improve your child's behaviour as well as his performance.
  9. Lay down rules :- Stubborn child need rules and regulations to thrive. So, set the boundaries and make your expectation clear.
Stubborn children are not bad, it has been seen that stubborn children often turn out to be good  achiever. Effective discipline and making an effort to understand your child can help turn him into responsible person.



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