When your child has selective blindness with Tahra D

Tahra's 10 year old daughter has what her mom likes to call "selective blindness". She can never seem to find the things her mom asks her for. Tahra finds this so frustrating and is hoping for some guidance on the best way to handle this. We talk about how this is part of the bigger issue of helping out as part of the family unit. If you are struggling to get your children to be more active helpers at home, listen along for some strategies to empower and activate your kids.  This week on The Parenting Mentor: Tools and games to motivate your children to help out at home. Empowering conversations to activate your child's sense of responsibility. Creating opportunities for your child to earn more freedom and independence while developing life skills.  Practicing supportive communication versus blaming to create a sense of teamwork and empathy between you and your child.    "You could say I get that AND there are certain things that I don't want to try that hard at either because I don't really care AND I need to anyways. And you need to anyway. Cause you're part of this family and I can't do it all myself. And I need you. I need you to help. I need you to step up and I know you're really capable of it." - Sue Groner   Meet the Parenting Mentor If you want to reduce the everyday stress and anxiety that inevitably come with parenting and learn to be a happier and more relaxed parent, then this is the place for you. Here, you can listen in on real sessions with parents who open up about the specific challenges they face with children from 2 to 22. Listen along and gain perspectives and strategies to help you parent with sanity and joy. Visit theparentingmentor.com for notes on this show, more episodes, and all the ways to subscribe, and don't forget to pick up my book, Parenting with Sanity and Joy: 101 Simple Strategies, which includes my Nine Golden Rules of Parenting. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts! Spotify I Stitcher I Apple Podcasts I iHeart Radio I TuneIn I Google Podcasts