The Difference Between Compliance Statements & Agreements: 5 Steps to Create Agreements to Decrease Pushback

On this episode of The Fresh Start Family Show, Wendy takes us on a journey through her early motherhood moments that felt alone and despairing that led her to say yes to a positive parenting class and on to become an educator armed with connected, effective tools.  Wendy explains how some see positive parenting as weak or permissive, but how it is actually firm, kind and powerful parenting. Using her signature Firm and Kind approach, she walks us through 5 tips to making an agreement with our kids that will naturally lead to more connection and less pushback. Understand the difference between compliance statements & proactive agreements  Know what you want (ask for what we want vs what we don’t want) Slow down and breathe  Set the foundation of teamwork  Have them restate the agreement It is possible to have connection and cooperation in our homes, armed with the right tools. Let’s learn something new that will change the dynamic w/ our kiddos so we can ditch hand-me-down tactics that just don’t work in the long run.  For links & more info about everything discussed in this episode, head to www.freshstartfamilyonline.com/202. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices