If you are a working with young children with difficult behaviors, right away my piece of advice is simple: stop wasting your energy disciplining minor issues like “stay out of the fridge,” “don’t touch the garbage,” or “get down from there.”
That energy is better spent meeting the developmental needs and teaching appropriate behavior. In my family’s case we were trying to meet the emotional needs of all involved and learning how to be a new family.
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