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The greatest danger

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

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Originally posted 2016-03-26 08:21:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Save most of your words for happy times

Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
What’s the best way to make an otherwise effective technique backfire? It’s simple: Talk too much.

There exists a basic rule about doing discipline with kids of all ages:

The more words we use when our kids are acting up, 
the LESS effective we become.

Save most of your words for happy times.

What do you do during unhappy times? Show empathy, give choices, and let consequences do the heavy lifting. Here are more ideas.

Read the rest here.

Originally posted 2016-03-30 17:13:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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