Parents: Here’s What You Can Do When Your Kids Won’t Listen

Sometimes you may come across moments when you find yourself asking your kids to get on their shoes so you can finally get out of the door. However, despite the hint, you get nothing.

And, you might feel like talking to a wall. In fact, every parent once in a while must have experienced this situation when your kids just won’t listen. This hair-pulling reality can be frustrating to even the most calm parents.

Whether you are or you’re not, dealing with such kids is nothing less than an uphill battle. So, what can you do to make your kids listen with as much attentiveness as you want or at least a minute?

Read this interesting article to explore how you can deal if you have kids that won’t listen.

Yes, you heard right. Just like how your boss talks down to you from a senior position if you are not inclined to listening, the same goes for kids as well. It is, in fact, one of the best ways to make your kids listen.

Just be clear, straightforward, bend down, and make that eye contact—this face-to-face approach is certainly helpful in getting your kids engaged in the conversation and not merely a one-sided one.

Of course, with this approach, you can’t expect them to turn into the perfect listeners, but this little eye contact will go a long way toward shifting their dynamic from doing as you say to communicating first.

This might sound weird, but this is the truth—just say it once! You might question now,

What if they still don’t listen? Or whether they’ll ignore you if you don’t repeat the things ten times.

Here’s the math—the more you repeat, the more you lose the meaning of those words. So instead of saying things over and over again, the best way is to communicate clearly by asking them to ‘pick up your toys before dinner or else they’ll be put away for the entire night.’

Of course, you might say the second time. But this is the time to make your kids own their decision and take responsibility for the outcome.

Kids love games.

So, the secret sauce to catching their attention is  to turn even the most boring chores into interesting games to help tap their energy into an active and playful spirit.

Try saying, ‘I challenge you; you can’t put your shoes back before I count 20.’ Or maybe try saying, ‘Let's see who can put their shoes back first to get that chocolate.’

Making things fun will actually make them do something without having you reinforce things again and again. In the end, being silly sometimes is what parenthood means in a nutshell.

Positive parenting uncertainty is one of the best parenting approaches. The reality is that if someone is consistently being corrected out for every little thing, tuning out is not common, and the same goes for kids too.

However, whenever your child does a good thing, celebrating it is never a bad idea.

Of course you don’t need to celebrate each time they follow your commands, yet a simple and enthusiastic compliment will actually motivate the kids to keep being good.

After all, who loves getting scolded over getting praised?

Sometimes, parents get so caught up in reinforcing every little thing that they actually forget what really matters.

Think if they actually need a ten-minute lecture if they didn’t put their toys back.

Certainly not!

Therefore, let some things slide and save your energy to enjoy some happy moments with your kids—the ones that matter the most. Moreover, the fun fact is that if you’re not constantly twitching your child for every little thing, they listen to everything with more attention that actually counts.

(Less nagging=more impact)

Listening is a skill that comes with a lot of trials and errors from both sides—the parents and the kids. Therefore, let your child understand that listening is an essential aspect of being respectful towards others, and it’s the essence of being connected with people around them.