Talking to toddlers can seem like climbing Mt. Everest at times. Every parent has experienced those moments when their toddler is having a meltdown and no amount of reasoning or demanding seems to make a difference. The good news for frustrated parents is that life no longer has to be this way, there is actually a way to talk to your toddler and get them to listen too.
The basic principle is really quite simple. It's all about understanding what motivates your child's behavior and using verbal language and body language to change that motivation. These same kinds of techniques have been used with older children and even adults through hypnosis, and now they are being applied to even the youngest children.
It may seem like a strange concept, but realize that nobody is talking about actually controlling your child's mind. It's merely changing the way you react to certain behaviors and using language to frame your child's response so that you can get them to do what you want them to do without the extra hassle. Talking to toddlers has never been more productive and more simple and you can find more information on it at
http://www.childbehaviorcontrol.com.
The most important thing to remember when dealing with toddlers is that most behavior stems from emotions rather than logic. If your child is fussing about going to bed or eating dinner or something else you need them to do, it's because they are associating that activity with something negative. The best way to change their behavior, then, is to change their perception of the activity in question.
So how do you go about talking to toddlers to achieve this goal? Quite simply, you use the basic principle of hypnosis which is planting a suggestion. You can distract them from the activity which is upsetting them by talking about something else, or subtly change the way they approach the activity by associating it with something positive, such as playing a game or singing a song.
While it may seem like you are just fooling them into going along with you, this technique is actually much more complex and effective. And the underlying goal isn't about tricking them or depriving them of anything, it's about making life easier for both of you. And you'll actually be planting the seeds of a useful thought process which they can draw on throughout their lives.
Think about it