And below is an example of when I found the fear – the reason why a young person had escalated behaviours. I couldn’t be precious about the swearing or the tantrum – I needed to find the source of the behaviour – and that was, as in many, many other situations – was FEAR!
The Downward Inflection Voice This video explains how to use the downward inflection voice – to be used when telling your child something that they probably won’t like, but it is fact, and you aren’t going to change your mind – but you are conveying the message without it being threatening, aggressive or stirring up…