Why Won’t They Listen?

Why won’t they listen?

Communicating with your toddler to gain cooperation

Do your children ignore you, only listen when you shout or have their 'selective hearing' turned on?

It can push buttons and you end up losing your rag, especially when you've got to be somewhere or your patience has worn thin because you're just sick of repeating yourself again and again!

Or it gives you a heartstopping moment when they’re straying too close to a busy road and your yelp of “don’t go near the road” falls on deaf ears.

You’re not alone. Parents of young children everywhere lament the lack of listening.

I know it feels like it but your child isn't willfully ignoring you (I promise!) They just have different priorities, a slower pace of life and an immature brain that makes listening a little tricky sometimes.

So what can we do to support them?

It helps to understand the world from their perspective, to step into their shoes (yep the shoes you’ve asked them to go get half a dozen times)!