Do you sometimes wake up feeling tired, sluggish, less patient or highly irritable?? You spend your day at your workplace or business feeling this way? You're probably having a bad day.
When you have a bad day, you might find yourself colliding with people or getting into arguments. You might also decide to be withdrawn such that you do not need anything to do with your colleagues. It's part of being human.
Now let's focus on children. Just like adults, children have bad days. There are days when your child is highly irritable. They don't seem to listen to anything you're trying to tell them while other days they're amazing. A child may also throw tantrums or meltdowns in such days. If you're a keen parent, you can tell your child is just having a bad day and not being defiant.
Many are the times when children get punished in such days. Punishing a kid who is just having a bad day makes them feel like their feelings are invalidated. They feel alone as no one understands them which only worsens their situation. Again, why punish a child for being human just like you??
Many are the times when parents punish children for things they cannot adhere to themselves. This means that the parent wants their child to be perfect when they are far from perfect themselves. How would you feel being punished for being human? Imagine that feeling to a child?;
Getting over a bad day for children requires Patience from the parent. The more you extend grace, the more the child will be out of the situation fast. Again, the child will feel secure as their feelings are validated.
Children are human too.
How well do you know your child such that you can tell when they have a bad day?
What do you do when you notice your child is having a bad day?
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