Secrets to Success with Your Child
by Erin Conroy Brown

• Never ask your child "why?"  Most of the time, they don't know why they acted the way they did.  Just address the issue and teach the proper response.
  
• Set realistic consequences.  Don't use threats that are too huge to follow through on.
  
• Be open to underlying physical or emotional causes for behavior.  Identify and address the root issue that leads to a display of poor behavior.
  
• Give a five-minute warning.  Before you plan to leave, or want your child to do something, give clear words about what is going to happen.  Then follow through.
  
• End before the crash.  Know your child's limit (it may be sooner than you think) and stop while you're ahead.
  
• Give adequate opportunity for body movement.  Let your child run and exercise.  It even helps them learn better.
  

(From: 20 Secrets to Success with Your Child, by Erin Conroy Brown)

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