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Dealing witha siblings childcan sometimes be a complicated matter.
This wasthe causeof a womans headache when her nephew pestered her with non-stopprank calls.
She sternly told him to cut it out, but it createda riftwith her brother, the boys father.
Feeling immensely confused, she wonders if she went too far.
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However, these methods no longer work, and may have been ineffective all along.
And regardless of the intention, it makes the child feel perturbed.
As Lansbury points out in an article for her website, our overresponse gives our childs undesirable behavior power.
An angry or seething parent is scary, not the confident, solid leader kids need, she wrote.
Instead of an all-encompassing approach,Parents.comrecommends using age-appropriate discipline tactics.
The woman could have taken a more grown-up approach with her nephew by emphasizing natural consequences.
Pausing and taking deep breaths can also help prevent strong reactions.
The author may have been used to the old-school method of dealing with an erring child.
Unfortunately, it no longer works, and she will need to adapt.
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