A discipline phrase is a great way to correct your child on the fly. Having these phrases in your back pocket helps you to respond to difficult situations without losing your temper. It also helps you to respond in the way you want to respond and maintain your parenting goals and standards.
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- 7 Phrases To Help You Avoid Losing Your Temper as a Parent
- How To Respond When Your Child Says “I’m Bored!”
- Discipline Phrase: “You don’t have the freedom to…”
- Discipline Phrase: “I didn’t ask if you wanted to…”
- One-Liner for Preschoolers
- The Perfect Response for a Defiant Child
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- Recent Discipline Phrase Posts
- The Perfect Response for a Defiant Child
- The Perfect Way to Respond to a Dramatic Child
- Discipline Phrase: “I didn’t ask if you wanted to…”
- You Don’t Have to Like It, But You Do Have to Eat It
- 7 Phrases To Help You Avoid Losing Your Temper as a Parent
- Teach Kids What is Right, Not Just What is Wrong
- More Discipline Phrase Help
- 7 Phrases To Help You Avoid Losing Your Temper as a Parent
- How To Respond When Your Child Says “I’m Bored!”
- Discipline Phrases for Parents
- Discipline Phrase: “I didn’t ask if you wanted to…”
- A Simple One-Liner To Keep Your Preschooler On Track
- Discipline Phrase: “You don’t have the freedom to…”
- You Don’t Have to Like It, But You Do Have to Eat It
- A Simple One-Liner to Stop Whining in its Tracks
- Teach Kids What is Right, Not Just What is Wrong
- The Perfect Way to Respond to a Dramatic Child
- The Perfect Response for a Defiant Child
- Discipline Phrases and One-Liners
- Helpful Books
- Emotions
- Discipline Information
7 Phrases To Help You Avoid Losing Your Temper as a Parent
Having phrases you can quickly go to really help you know exactly how to respond in the moment. It can be hard to know what to say when your child does or says something they shouldn’t. It can really catch you off guard. These phrases help you to have an immediate response without having to think about it. This helps you not be emotional or irrational in your reaction.
How To Respond When Your Child Says “I’m Bored!”
They say Isaac Newton invented calculus during a pandemic when isolating at home. Being bored isn’t a bad thing! Here are ways to respond when your child declares that they are board.
Discipline Phrase: “You don’t have the freedom to…”
One of the most important things to understand with parenting a child is “freedoms.” This phrase helps you keep your child in check when it comes to freedoms (and it helps you keep freedoms in mind, also).
Discipline Phrase: “I didn’t ask if you wanted to…”
Children do not always want to do things you tell them to, and they are not afraid to let you know that. This phrase helps with those issues.
One-Liner for Preschoolers
No one wants to be a nag, and no one wants to be negative. This discipline phrase helps you with parenting your preschooler.
The Perfect Response for a Defiant Child
This is my best phrase for responding when your child is just being defiant.
Recent Discipline Phrase Posts
The Perfect Response for a Defiant Child
The Perfect Way to Respond to a Dramatic Child
Discipline Phrase: “I didn’t ask if you wanted to…”
You Don’t Have to Like It, But You Do Have to Eat It
7 Phrases To Help You Avoid Losing Your Temper as a Parent
Teach Kids What is Right, Not Just What is Wrong
More Discipline Phrase Help
7 Phrases To Help You Avoid Losing Your Temper as a Parent
How To Respond When Your Child Says “I’m Bored!”
Discipline Phrases for Parents
Discipline Phrase: “I didn’t ask if you wanted to…”
A Simple One-Liner To Keep Your Preschooler On Track
Discipline Phrase: “You don’t have the freedom to…”
You Don’t Have to Like It, But You Do Have to Eat It
A Simple One-Liner to Stop Whining in its Tracks
Teach Kids What is Right, Not Just What is Wrong
The Perfect Way to Respond to a Dramatic Child
The Perfect Response for a Defiant Child
Discipline Phrases and One-Liners
- 7 Phrases To Help You Avoid Losing Your Temper as a Parent
- A Simple One-Liner to Stop Whining in its Tracks
- Discipline Phrase: “I didn’t ask if you wanted to…”
- Discipline Phrase: “You don’t have the freedom to…”
- How to Get Your Child to Obey with a Simple “Yes Mommy”
- How To Respond When Your Child Says “I’m Bored!”
- A Simple One-Liner To Keep Your Preschooler On Track
- The Perfect Response for a Defiant Child
- The Perfect Way to Respond to a Dramatic Child
- You Don’t Have to Like It, But You Do Have to Eat It
Helpful Books
- Book Review: Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours
- Parenting With Love and Logic: Everything You Need to Know
- Book Review: Parenting the Strong-Willed Child
Emotions
- How To Help Your Child Work Through Emotions
- Handling Explosions in Emotionally Intense Kids
- How To Respond to Your Emotional Preschooler
- The Perfect Way to Respond to a Dramatic Child
- How to Allow Children to Feel Without Acting Out
Discipline Information
- 5 Rules for Giving Kids Instructions
- Benefits of Structure and Routine
- Childishness vs. Foolishness: Responding When Kids Disobey
- Considerations for Correction
- The “D” Word: Is Discipline Good or Bad?
- Discipline is Not Instant Gratification
- Discipline Methods for Parents
- Discipline Without Taking Yourself Too Seriously
- Fair vs. Equal
- How To Avoid Being the “Super Parent”
- How to Prepare Your Child for Great Behavior in Public
- How to Respond When Your Kiddo Tells You “No”
- How to Set Boundaries for Children & Siblings
- How To Teach Your Child to Come When Called
- How Your Child’s Behavior is Tied to Food and Sleep
- Making Children Mind…Show Love
- Obedience Is Just the Beginning
- Parenting Skills: Look to Yourself First
- Positive Discipline
- Proactive and Directive Parenting
- Selfishness and Rebellion Are Not Outgrown
- Start as You Mean to Go On as a Parent
- Teaching Obedience is a Step-by-step Process
- The Problem with Constantly Needing to Correct a Child
- The Problem with Credit Card Parenting
- Tips to Find Your Child’s Currency for Obedience
- Understanding Why vs. How When Parenting
- What “The Ant and the Grasshopper” Teaches about Discipline
- What to Do When Discipline is Not Working
- A Biblical Reason for Teaching Kids to Obey
- 6 Important Takeaways from the Book “Making Children Mind”
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