Top 10 Mistakes We Make With Our Children Everyday (Part 3)

This is part 3 of a 4 part series on the Top 10 Mistakes We Make With Our Children Everyday… Enjoy!

Mistake Six. No structure or discipline.

Children are not like adults, they enjoy routine. They follow schedules if you give them one and practice it with them faithfully. Before long they will be performing tasks with little input. This way you won’t have to discipline them as much. However, some parents don’t discipline their children for anything. The child runs the house. This type of behavior may be acceptable in one’s home, but in the real world, people will not allow a child to run their store, school, library, restaurant or any other public place.

Mistake Seven. Not demanding they respect you.

The scenario goes like this, you tell your child to do something and he or she says, “No.” You tell them again and your child roars, “I’m not doooiiinnnggg itttt !” So you do it for them and never say nothing more. Then the episodes that follow continue with this same behavior and still you do nothing, but then again maybe you do, “Now stop that or else.” You never establish what else is and you give them chance after chance and still they don’t straighten up.

We’ll conclude this series with mistakes 8-10 next time.  Don’t forget to subscribe to the blog so you don’t miss it!

Published by Nicholl McGuire