Bedtime Blues
Apr 14, 2025
Dear Parent,
Sharing power is one of the best ways to get your challenging child to be a bit less, well, challenging. When your child resists shifting from one thing to another, try this magic question:
Okay Sweetie Pie, time to go to bed.
“Noooooooo!!! I'm not done!”
How much more time do you need? This is the magic question.
“Ten minutes.”
Let's compromise--five more minutes.
“Awww, okay.”
Two minutes later, he is done and down the hall to the bedroom.
I know you don't believe me, so start small and build up to bedtime.
Crazy as it seems, I raised some seriously reasonable kids. I worried that would never happen. I often had pathetically low faith, coupled with monumental fear. Good thing I kept putting one foot in front of the other. Just like you.
Keep the faith. Keep walking forward.
Love Matters,
️Ce
Creator of the Love+ Parenting Model found only in the Love Matters Parenting Society Therapeutic Parent Program.
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