Common well intended mistakes.

Parents make a few mistakes when trying to get their children to behave.

A few common mistakes are telling children what to do, yelling, repetition, lecturing, threatening, humiliating, arguing in front of children, making comparisons between children, overreacting, being inconsistent, talking negatively about challenging behaviors or traits in front of your child, and the list goes on.

Bottom line is parents can learn how to teach or discipline their children to be well behaved in positive ways. Parents can learn to manage their emotions better and be better role models. Parenting is not easy. It is by far the greatest responsibility and challenging task in the world to do well.

Parents need to seek out help with learning about social and emotional development. If parents develop positive parenting skills, life can be much less stressed and children will learn to be much more responsible, responsive, and respectful.