How To Help Children And Youth With Rude Behavior
Frequent; Habitual
Without help and guidance being rude can become habitual and can lead to a lifetime of loneliness and difficulties in living and learning. It can lower already low self-esteem and can lead to social difficulties in the family, school and community. Rudeness can be due to and complicated by a combination of: prolonged stress; trying out new behavior; power struggles; peer pressure; being unacknowledged and unseen; insufficient instruction about effective social behavior; family patterns and modeling; exhaustion; hunger; physical and emotional discomfort due to unhealed accidents, traumas and abuses of all kinds; nutritional imbalances; exposure to environmental pollutants.
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First, We Would Investigate |
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On Our Own We Would Try: • Replace sodas, juices, sugars, fats, fast foods with water, veggies, whole grains, nuts, protein, fruit, slow food • Pets • Less or No TV, Movies, Video/Computer Games • Bedtime Stories and Chats • Wholesome Pleasures • Back Rubs and Foot Massages • Long Walks/Hikes • Nature |
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For Parents: • Watch your reactions to the child or youth’s rude behavior habit. • Let your child or youth know that the rude, sassy behavior is not effective communication. • Model effective communication. • Take parenting classes through schools and health departments. • Learn and use Nonviolent Communication. It will have a good result. |
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Check out: http://search.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus; http://california.startingouthealthy.com/index.html; www.becomingtheparent.com/subsections1/question28.html. |