Dealing with a stubborn child is a challenging job for both parents and teachers. Parents feel troubled to do them to motivate to even the basic everyday simple work like eating, taking bath, going to bed. A recent workshop organized in La Habra CA showed that before scolding your child for the tantrums, you have to understand the reason behind it. Expert caregivers also suggest that the stubbornness of a child may be the result of mishandling of the child.

A few common characteristics of a stubborn child :

Stubborn children question too much before starting any job that they are assigned. They are very moody and free-willed and for this reason, it is very tough to bring them into a fixed routine. They want to be praised and acknowledged all the time. They throw tantrums now and then, their mood changes frequently. Sometimes they are ill-tempered and want to boss everything. They cannot mix freely with anyone not even with their same-age friends. All these problems start with the very preschool days.

It is very necessary to handle a stubborn child with love, care, and patience from the very childhood unless you can change this unhealthy attitude from the beginning, stubbornness will continue to adulthood and will create various problems at that stage. Some guidelines and tips offered by child care experts of La Habra Ca help you in this matter.

1. At first, you have to understand the cause of their stubbornness. Try to remove them.
2. Do not mingle determination with stubbornness. Sometimes parents label a ‘determined’ child with a ‘stubborn’ child. This makes them more irritated. Determination is a healthy attitude whereas stubbornness is an unhealthy attitude.
3. When your child is showing tantrums, do not overreact. This reaction will make them more stubborn.
4. Praise your child when they do something good. Reward them if possible. Your praise will encourage them to be better children in the future.
5. Do not argue with your child, listen to them. A stubborn child is very argumentative by nature. Do not allow them to start an argument rather listen carefully and have a healthy conversation. When they see that you are listening to them, in return they will also listen to you.
6. Do not force them to do work because forcing may turn them to be a rebel. For example, if a child does not want to eat a vegetable. Do not force him to eat that. Rather sit beside him and ask why he does not want to eat that. To motivate them in eating vegetables, you eat that first. Make a tasty dish with those vegetables to make it more interesting to your child.
7. Give them the importance and respect them. Seek the cooperation of them to solve the problem. Empathize with them and with their ideas.
8. Be equal and consistent with all of your children. Do not lax or lose the rule because of your convenience.
9. Keep calm and maintain a peaceful and happy atmosphere at home. Parents should be respectful to each other because strife between them affects a child's behavior.