Your Child is Struggling It’s Taking a Toll
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It feels so impossible right now
Dread. The thought of asking your child to do something when the arguing, whining, avoiding, and ignoring are sure to follow! How in the world do you get your child to a “”es?””
Confusion. Nothing is straightforward. You are sure your child can do what you ask, but they just won’t not without a fight anyway. What is going on?
Resignation. You mean to be “firm” and “consistent,” but there is always a twist that makes it impossible to follow through. Really, how do you plan and stick to it?
Mortification. Peeling your child off the grocery store floor in the middle of a tantrum. The eyes of the world focused right on you.
Exhaustion. Getting your child to go to bed and stay in bed. Not to mention how draining the day can be.
Frustration. SO many ways to run late: eating, dressing, toothbrushing, toileting, finishing with the electronics: The more you try to make up for lost time, the slower your child moves.
From time to time, you lose it.
How could you not? But it doesn’t feel very good and stays with you all day. If you could prevent it, you would.
Advice hasn’t helped!
Parenting tips sound good when you read them. You want to be that parent who knows just what to say, whose child does what is asked, and feels great about it. But it doesn’t work that way. Advice from family and friends can be even more painful.
You try and fail, and then you feel even worse! You end up wondering: Is there something wrong with me? With my child?
You and your child are paying the price.
Painful as it is to realize, when you’re perpetually upset with your child, they feel it.
It is hard on all of you. It affects your present together, and it may impact your child’s future.
That’s the last thing we want, but there it is. Reality.
Why IS parenting so hard?
Parenting is 24/7. Along with getting through the day, we worry for our children’s future. The stress is real.
AND
Some kids are incredibly puzzling. It is challenging to make sense of why they behave the way they do. There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why some days are okay, and some days are so unbelievably hard!
You can get back on track.
As parents, we watch to see if children will outgrow their challenges. Often, they do.
But if you have read this far, it’s a good bet you have waited long enough. You need a fresh set of eyes and a bit of help to make your way back.
Working with someone who understands families and children can be that bit of help that makes the difference.
Getting back on track now is more
manageable than waiting until problems worsen.
Capable Family Coaching helps with both the practical and the emotional, mixing and matching as needed.
Practical Solutions:
We help you untangle your child’s struggles in everyday life, everything from sleeping to grocery store trips to homework to just playing. We figure out what is making it hard for your child and how to help.
Emotional Support:
A chance to really talk it out. How are your child’s struggles affecting you? When your child struggles, it can really play on your sense of competence and interfere with caring for yourself. We know that when parents are feeling better, children do better. It’s a win-win!
