| "I had it first!", "Give me that, mom!", "Mom, she is | | | | working. |
| looking at me!", "Get out of my room!", "I am not playing | | | | Kids Will Test You |
| then!". I am going to assume you are no stranger to | | | | Child behavior problems are not any different from |
| these phrases. Child behavior problems can drive you | | | | one family to the next. All kids will push boundaries and |
| crazy! I am usually up to my ears with whining by the | | | | test you until you are about to break. We do reward |
| end of the day. With 5 kids of our own child behavior | | | | charts, behavior charts, time-outs you name it with our |
| problems are a staple in our house! I know they are | | | | kids and although they were excited to start the |
| just kids, but the constant fighting and bickering is | | | | behavior modification, it never lasted more than a few |
| enough to drive you insane sometimes hey? | | | | days. I could never figure out why they never took me |
| Consistency | | | | seriously. It was like they were mocking me! I was |
| You can use almost any type of behavior tool on your | | | | going out of my mind! |
| kids but no method will work unless you are consistent. | | | | Stop the Madness |
| Weird I know, it is the kids who are out of control and I | | | | Child behavior problems do not need to take over your |
| am saying you are the ones who have to work at it. I | | | | life. What if you could go to the store and get |
| have been doing this for almost 8 years (our oldest | | | | EVERYTHING on your list? What if your kids talked to |
| just turned 8 and our youngest is almost 2) and child | | | | you in a normal voice without ATTITUDE? When you |
| behavior problems will continue to exist in a house if | | | | ask them to clean their room THEY DO IT. Sure would |
| you are not consistent. If you do something stick with it. | | | | be nice. |
| Do not give up right away because you think it is not | | | | |