Ep 16. Why Children Misbehave, Part 1

03/25/21 • 10 min

A mother who understands her child's behaviors and misbehaviors is in a much better position to influence her child. Did you know that when a child misbehaves, he is asking “Do you love me?” And your response holds all the power.

Also in this episode, we talk about subconsciously labeling our children. I share a personal story of how I did this for years without even realizing it. If you want to crack the code on your child, you won’t want to miss this.
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Ep 17. Why Children Misbehave, Part 2

This is part two of last week’s episode. We talk about the fact that all behavior actually occurs for a social purpose. We, as humans, are decision making social beings whose main goal in life is to belong. Each of us ultimately wants to find and maintain a place of significance in our lives. We try to find beliefs and feelings and behaviors that we think might help us gain some significance, or some belonging.

Also on this episode, we talk about the four main reasons for misbehavior. Misbehaving children are discouraged for reasons that we have to figure out as their mom. They do not believe they can belong in useful ways, so they try to belong through their misbehaviors.

This is powerful information, because once we discover the goal of our child’s misbehavior, we are then in a position to begin redirecting our child for the better.

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The Mommy Whisperer - Ep 16. Why Children Misbehave, Part 1

Transcript

Hi moms! Thank you for tuning in today. I think you will get a lot out of this episode.

You know, a while ago I talked about my 3 C’s of Successful Parenting? Well, I feel like what I’m going to talk to you about today goes hand-in-hand with those 3 C’s. Not only do we need to be consistently doing the 3 C’s Method but we also need to figure out why our children are misbehaving.

Mothers who understand their children’s behaviors and misbehaviors are in a much better posi