While Carolyn Hax, a columnist and a writer for The Washington Post, is gone, readers of her columns still share advice on parenting. If you have stubborn kids, this is for you. And if you don't, please read and pass.
Teenage and infancy years are the stages of life when kids tend to be pretty stubborn, however, stubbornness actually can occur in any stage of a man's life. But what exactly is a stubborn child?
They are kids who want to explore things on their own instead of accommodating what other people say. They want to be the lord of their lives and will often set their own desire to be always right above anything else.
Positive Parenting reported that children's hunger for independence usually starts at the age of two. And according to Hax's reader from New Hampshire, parents should win this battle of power at that age; otherwise, their children will become rebellious, headstrong, and grow up to be stubborn adults as well. This is the time when the outlook on parenting that "it only gets worse" comes in, the reader added.
As stated in a report by Seattle Times, the reader's secrets in dealing with stubborn kids are leadership and love. It is not difficult; however, few parents just don't understand it.
Sometimes stubbornness can be a part of a child's personality development that parents must learn to manage, SyperNanny reported. It is essential for parents or guardians to teach their kids various ways of expressing themselves and handling pressure and stress.
When coping with stubborn kids, parents can discipline their stubborn teenagers and toddlers by listening to what they say, understanding them, remaining calm and by being a good example of good behavior. By doing all these, you can tame and curb your kids' stubbornness in a gradual way.
