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5 Ways to Handle Defiance
BY : Rebecca Eanes
Parenting is supposed to be joyful . No one welcomes a child into their hearts and homes with the expectations of extremely frustrating , hair-pulling days . And yet , sometimes children display frustrating defiant behaviors . These behaviors often trigger us in ways that cause us to be less than our best selves , and we end up in cycles of punishment and disconnection , but punishment doesn ’ t address the root cause . We need to understand what causes defiance and disruptive behaviors so that we can heal it at its source .
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