How to Stay Consistent When Asking Your Child to Do Something

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Day six of the 14 days of peaceful parenting challenge is about staying consistent when asking your child to do something.

As parents, we must follow through with our requests and enforce consequences when necessary. It can be difficult to remain consistent when we are tired or overwhelmed. In this blog post, we will discuss tips on staying consistent when asking your child to do something!

Tip # One: Make a Plan

When asking your child to do something, it is important to have a plan. This means that you should know the consequences if your child does not comply. Having a plan in place will help to ensure that you are consistent with your requests.

Tip # Two: Stick to Your Guns

It can be difficult to stick to our guns when our children do not listen or comply with our requests. However, we must remain firm and enforce the consequences that we have set for them. By doing this, we are teaching them responsibility and how to behave appropriately.

Tip # Three: Take a Break

It can be difficult to remain consistent with our parenting when we feel overwhelmed or stressed. In these cases, it is important to take a break. This may mean taking a few minutes to yourself or stepping away from the situation until you have calmed down. Once you have regained your composure, you can resume discussions with your child.

 When we think about being consistent with our children, sometimes it’s easy to forget how important it truly is.

Will saying yes when I’ve already said no, really be detrimental to my child’s development? Maybe not if you do it once, but if you continuously show inconsistencies in your motherhood, in your parenting style, your children will pick it up.

In today’s society, staying consistent is hard because, as mothers, we take on so much responsibility. We expect ourselves to do everything and then more. After all, aren’t we superwomen? Aren’t we super moms? But we’re not super moms. We are just normal people with normal needs, wants, and desires. Our needs, wants, and desires do not go out the window when we become moms.

We take on so much responsibility until we are almost at our breaking point. This is when we become inconsistent with our children. I truly believe that when we are inconsistent with our children, it has very little to do with what we want out of our motherhood and so much to do with the fact that we are just so tired.

So how do you become more consistent with your child?

How do you go from being worn out, tired and weary as a mother to the mother you want to be? This takes time, effort, and learning to say no to responsibilities you don’t need or want. When we can do that, we can make more room for consistency in our children’s lives, which is truly important. 

Here are some simple tips that can help you become consistent with your children as you make an effort.

The first step is to learn to say no to responsibilities that you do not want you do not need. We take on too much as mothers, and it wears us out. Make room for rest. When you make room for rest, it frees up energy that you need for your children

Learn to rely on your spouse. This may be a difficult one. If you are a mom, you may be married to someone who believes all the responsibility of child-rearing is on the mother.

This makes being a mom in today’s society hard because the cost of living is higher than it used to be. That means both parents typically have to work. This is not always the case, but even moms who are staying home most of the time are trying to figure out ways to bring an income, so they can also make ends meet with their spouse.

Therefore the responsibility of the financial burden and having to work falls on the mom. But then, if you’re married to someone who believes that housekeeping and child-rearing belong to the woman and it’s not a shared responsibility, it can be difficult for you as a mom to find the rest you need. I encourage you to communicate with your spouse about what you need help with. If your spouse is not open to hearing what you need, I encourage you to find a trusted friend or family member who can help you with the burdens you are feeling.

These two specific areas can’t help you become more consistent with your kids because you will have more energy when you’re not trying to do everything.

Today’s challenge: take a look at what areas you pinpointed yesterday.

What plan can you implement to help you stay consistent with your children? Do you need to follow through when you say no more electronic time? Does a little bit of whining push you to give in? Create a plan to give you the confidence to stay consistent with your child even when you are tired or have had a rough day!

Talk soon,

Jenna

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