Using empathy instead of punishment has helped us find peace.
, parenting and education experts Joanna Faber and Julie King explain that when kids don't feel right, they can't behave right.One day in the midst of a predinner meltdown, my son put up his fist and swung. I grabbed his arm, but this time, I took Faber and King's advice and named the big feeling by putting it into a sentence for him."You're mad because you want to keep playing with your toys instead of eating dinner. Playing with toys is fun.
I got down on my knees so I was below his eye level."When I said no, you wanted to hit to get the mad out!" I banged my fist on the sofa to show what it looks like when I use my body to show my big feelings. This stopped him in his tracks. He blinked back tears and watched to see what I would do next. I karate chopped the nearest throw pillow, then held it up to him."We can hit pillows because we can't hurt pillows.
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