Follow Through

Parents often come to NHPS saying "I've tried everything. My child just won't listen". Typically we see this when parents don't follow through. Follow through and consistency go hand in hand being the most important pieces of parenting.

If you want an unwanted behavior to stop, you need to do what you say you will do or the behavior won't stop. This is often why we see consistent tantrums after age 4 or 5. If a parent follows through, yes a child may continue to have tantrums, but they will be much shorter and less severe.

If you have struggled with following through in the past and plan to start following through, you need to know that the behaviors will get worse before they get better. However, stick with it because this increase in behaviors is showing you that the follow through is working.