Kids' Attitude - How To Change It For The Better By Using A Child Behavior Program

Kids' Attitude - How To Change It For The Better By Using A Child Behavior Program

I have just seen an interesting video on how we can change kids' attitude for the better by simply using gratitude techniques. The role of gratitude in happiness is well established and the more grateful we are, the happier we tend to be.

Yet we rarely encourage kids to express their gratitude and that may well be one reason why their mindset at times is all negative. We all know how negative thoughts can drag us down into despair and depression and we cannot get out of that awful vortex.

The power of positive thinking is much more than a slogan as all the research shows. Having a positive and grateful mindset should be practised and taught to our kids. We can encourage them to do this by just keeping a gratitude journal. We can have a family list of things to be grateful for on the fridge door. We can ask our kids at mealtimes to tell us about three positive things that have happened that day. We can do this at bedtime too before we go to sleep. Parents should do this too!

The results of all this will be that kids' attitude can change and we will all feel stronger, energized and certainly more motivated. But what if the gratitude principle has no effect at all, especially with hardened and defiant teenagers?

You know that kids' attitude can often be frustrating and irritating if they give us the 'whatever' treatment, or the victim stance or the 'I don't care' line. All these attitudes are very negative ways of looking at life and its problems. While we cannot change their attitude, we can work on ways to encourage positive thinking but also positive behavior outcomes. If these are successful, then gradually kids' attitudes will change and become much more positive and upbeat.

Here is one true story I found on a parenting forum where a teenager refused to obey any of the house rules. She had no time for consequences or rewards and was beyond any control. Her mother let her choose to crash and burn and she left home to do the drugs and party scene. Within days she was back home. She agreed to abide by the house rules and now realizes that this is the only way.

That is an extreme example but many parents feel that they are near to that point. So how do you really change these kids behavior and subsequently their attitude?

This is at the heart of a child behavior program and there is no one better to devise one than James Lehman who was a runaway teenager himself. He also spent six years in jail, was rehabilitated and went on to become one of America's leading behavior therapists. Check out what his program can do to really change your kids' attitude and behavior.

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