What is bad behaviour really about?

Children often find it hard to understand or explain their feelings. So, they tend to ‘act them out’.

Children need to have their own response to the new family acknowledged.

If children ‘defy’ you, it’s better to dive under the behaviour to understand what’s going on than get into a head to head fight.

All behaviour is a way of getting what you need. Bad behaviour is actually a way of trying to show bad feelings.

Source: Family Lives

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