Sharing The Best Resources & Tools

CAROLE AND NADIM SAAD, CO-FOUNDERS OF BEST OF PARENTING

As the parents of three children, struggling like so many others to find a balanced and effective parenting style, we turned away from all the parenting fads and studied the hard scientific evidence on what really works. The techniques we learnt were so life changing, yet so straightforward, that we made it our mission to convert them into powerful step by step tools and make them available to parents world over. Read more about the philosophy behind Best of Parenting.

Sharing The Best Resources & Tools

CAROLE AND NADIM SAAD, CO-FOUNDERS OF BEST OF PARENTING

As the parents of three children, struggling like so many others to find a balanced and effective parenting style, we turned away from all the parenting fads and studied the hard scientific evidence on what really works. The techniques we learnt were so life changing, yet so straightforward, that we made it our mission to convert them into powerful step by step tools and make them available to parents world over. Read more about the philosophy behind Best of Parenting.

Not washing their hands before or after meal

December 18th, 2013 | 3 to 6 years | Short Tips and Quotes | Mealtime |

It can seem amazing how long it can take our children to learn to wash their hands before or after a meal (or for that matter after using the bathroom), when it seems to come so naturally to us. Fortunately there are tricks to ingrain  this reminder in our children’s minds forever!

Here is a sample of some of our easy and effective tools for solving this issue

This works really well:

SET LIMITS POSITIVELY:

  • For example: ‘In this house we clean our hands before eating to make sure we don’t get bad tummies’.
  • When we set a limit in the third  person our children are less likely to interpret it as a reprimand and more likely to take it on board.

Here is another suggestion:

ASK QUESTIONS:

  • One of the best alternatives to reminders is to ask questions.
  • For example, “What do we do before/after a meal?’ or ‘Why do we need to clean our hands?”.

Then you could try:

“I” STATEMENT:

  • For example “I serve food to children who have washed their hands”.
  • The “I” Statement makes the ‘deal’ perfectly clear, as long as you are able to enforce the message.
  • An “I” message must begin with either “I” or “Our”

 

These are just a few examples of our Best of Parenting Tools. You can find more ideas and solutions to typical parenting challenges in our book ‘Kids Don’t Come With a Manual – The Essential Guide to a Happy Family Life‘. 

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Not washing their hands before or after meal

December 18th, 2013 | 3 to 6 years | Mealtime |

It can seem amazing how long it can take our children to learn to wash their hands before or after a meal (or for that matter after using the bathroom), when it seems to come so naturally to us. Fortunately there are tricks to ingrain  this reminder in our children’s minds forever!

Here is a sample of some of our easy and effective tools for solving this issue

This works really well:

SET LIMITS POSITIVELY:

  • For example: ‘In this house we clean our hands before eating to make sure we don’t get bad tummies’.
  • When we set a limit in the third  person our children are less likely to interpret it as a reprimand and more likely to take it on board.

Here is another suggestion:

ASK QUESTIONS:

  • One of the best alternatives to reminders is to ask questions.
  • For example, “What do we do before/after a meal?’ or ‘Why do we need to clean our hands?”.

Then you could try:

“I” STATEMENT:

  • For example “I serve food to children who have washed their hands”.
  • The “I” Statement makes the ‘deal’ perfectly clear, as long as you are able to enforce the message.
  • An “I” message must begin with either “I” or “Our”

 

These are just a few examples of our Best of Parenting Tools. You can find more ideas and solutions to typical parenting challenges in our book ‘Kids Don’t Come With a Manual – The Essential Guide to a Happy Family Life‘. 

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Not washing their hands before or after meal

December 18th, 2013 | 3 to 6 years | Short Tips and Quotes | Mealtime |

It can seem amazing how long it can take our children to learn to wash their hands before or after a meal (or for that matter after using the bathroom), when it seems to come so naturally to us. Fortunately there are tricks to ingrain  this reminder in our children’s minds forever!

Here is a sample of some of our easy and effective tools for solving this issue

This works really well:

SET LIMITS POSITIVELY:

  • For example: ‘In this house we clean our hands before eating to make sure we don’t get bad tummies’.
  • When we set a limit in the third  person our children are less likely to interpret it as a reprimand and more likely to take it on board.

Here is another suggestion:

ASK QUESTIONS:

  • One of the best alternatives to reminders is to ask questions.
  • For example, “What do we do before/after a meal?’ or ‘Why do we need to clean our hands?”.

Then you could try:

“I” STATEMENT:

  • For example “I serve food to children who have washed their hands”.
  • The “I” Statement makes the ‘deal’ perfectly clear, as long as you are able to enforce the message.
  • An “I” message must begin with either “I” or “Our”

 

These are just a few examples of our Best of Parenting Tools. You can find more ideas and solutions to typical parenting challenges in our book ‘Kids Don’t Come With a Manual – The Essential Guide to a Happy Family Life‘. 

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