Evidently print leaves something to be desired for communicating effectively.
No idea. It was actually quite confounding to me.
You asked the parenting question and I followed the indirect path in your query and provided a response.
You did not ask about a child "hunting". You asked about ELEPHANT and Dangerous Game hunting.
If it were a child's "gung-ho" remark I would just pass it off as such. However, YOU asked a SERIOUS question on a hunting forum about an 11 year old benign adamant to hunt an Elephant.
Perhaps YOUR description of the child's attitude was misleading with the words you used.
Sadly the quote from the author I used does appear to be written in a pompous manner, I have to agree. My bad.
I considered banning myself for a minute, but I reconsidered.
I'll reply to your "report" of my post in due course.
A copy of the original post:
"Here are some helpful tips to coach your child to become less demanding and more polite when making requests.
No idea. It was actually quite confounding to me.
You asked the parenting question and I followed the indirect path in your query and provided a response.
You did not ask about a child "hunting". You asked about ELEPHANT and Dangerous Game hunting.
YOUR remark is all we were provided to work with.
If it were a child's "gung-ho" remark I would just pass it off as such. However, YOU asked a SERIOUS question on a hunting forum about an 11 year old benign adamant to hunt an Elephant.
Perhaps YOUR description of the child's attitude was misleading with the words you used.
Sadly the quote from the author I used does appear to be written in a pompous manner, I have to agree. My bad.
I considered banning myself for a minute, but I reconsidered.
I'll reply to your "report" of my post in due course.
A copy of the original post:
"Here are some helpful tips to coach your child to become less demanding and more polite when making requests.
- Sit down with your child and discuss the difference between demanding behavior and polite, respectful requests. It’s appropriate for a parent to let that child know that he or she is being demanding and need to rephrase or change their voice tone when asking for something.
- Let your child know that they are going to get some of their requests met with the answer “yes” and some met with the answer “no.” It’s okay to say “no.”
- It’s important for parents to model appropriate requests when interacting with others. Parents who demonstrate demanding behaviors in front of their children only promote and reinforce this behavior. Talk to your children in a manner that you want them to speak to you.
- Teach your child the manners of “please” and “thank you.”
- Be calm and do not appear to be surprised when your child becomes demanding. Then say, “Is there another way that you can say that?” Sometimes children do not know that they are being demanding.
- Do not give in to your child’s demands.
- Ignore your child’s demanding behaviors. Respond to your child’s polite requests. Over time, responding only to polite behavior will reinforce the behavior expected.
- Communicate with the other parent or adults in your family when your child’s behavior takes on demanding tendencies. This will prevent the child from going to others with their inappropriate demands.
- Make sure that your child gets your attention when he or she is acting appropriately. Demanding children often display this behavior to get the parent’s attention.
- Before bringing your child to the store or mall, review with the child your expectations of this trip and what you expect of them. It’s okay to let the child know “that we do not have the money to buy you a game on this trip to the store.”
- Let your child know that it’s not appropriate to make demands of you in front of their friends or in public. Make a rule in your house that says, “When you make demands of mom or dad in front of your friends, the answer to the demand will always be ‘no’.” "
