This is going to be a hard pill to swallow but a lot of the misbehaviour of our children isn’t actually them “losing their listening ears” or not being able to sit still and control their body.

It might feel like they’re being monsters all the time but they’re likely not.

A lot of misbehaviour isn’t actually our children misbehaving at all.

It’s an adult’s unreasonable expectations about how they should be acting.

As adults we forget that:

They’re children. Which means they’re humans that also deserve respect and have off days.

But also…

They’re children. Which means what’s easy and common sense to us as adults, is a whole skill that needs to be developed and reinforced for a child.

So telling them “don’t you see how crazy you’re acting?” when they’re melting like ice cream on the floor of the doctors office because you’ve been waiting for an hour doesn’t make them go “geez, you know what- you’re completely right and I’m being unreasonable.”

It likely just makes them scream louder.

But wait…

What if just last week they were just fine waiting in line at the bank? Or if their older sister was never a picky eater but for some reason your 3 year old scoffs at anything not Mac N’ Cheese.

What about those kids in your child’s classroom who sit at circle time criss-cross-applesauce like perfect angels while yours is squirming around pretending to be a worm?

If they’ve shown they can behave a certain way or that other kids their age are capable of doing something, doesn’t that mean your child is just choosing to do the opposite? They’re misbehaving! Right?

On this class we´ll discuss:

- Is my kid actually misbehaving?

- Why they react the way they do.

-  What does their behaviour actually mean?

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