This week I am also over on A Mother World – a great online parenting magazine – talking about that most astounding phenomenon: the child who is an angel at school but loses her mind the minute she gets home!
Why are children so well-behaved at school but when they come home, they become little terrors?
What it means when kids are well-behaved at school and not at home is usually this – they are strongly bonded to their family and know they are completely safe at home. This is not to say that kids at school feel in danger. However, it is human nature that we save our worst selves for the situations in which we feel most comfortable. If you have raised your kids in such a way that they trust you to love them no matter what, they feel able to show you the no-matter-what behavior.
So the trick, as parents, is…
I hope you will come check it out!
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Kids of all ages, huh? You have no idea how this just lit a bulb in my brain about adults doing the same thing. They know how to be tactful at work and in public, but with family they manage to lose control way too easily.
Thanks Dr. G for being a guest on amotherworld!
Thanks for the opportunity, Maria! I’m happy to be there.
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