Helpfulness: How to Encourage Helpfulness

Season 3: Epidsode 4

The first in a three part series discussing how other cultures raise their children. In this installment, Lauren discusses how cultures raise helpful children and how to incorporate that into your family, whatever the age of your kiddos.

She discusses the view of a family as a team, acomedido, and how to start these practices in your own home. 

There are only three rules: 

1. Make the request clear.

2. Make the request doable.

3. Don’t force it. 

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode:  Why do so many kids need control? 

Try-at-home tip: Panoramic View 

Mentioned in this episode:

• Bringing up Bebe - Pamela Druckerman

• Hunt, Gather, Parent - Michaeleen Doucleff

• There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather - Linda Akeson McGurk

• Achtung Baby - Sara Zaske

• The Danish Way of Parenting - Jessica Joelle Alexander, Dissing Sandahl

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub: 

Blog Post: 

• All the Coping Strategies for Your Kiddo

• 5 Reasons Behaviors Occur

• Emotional Regulation with the Top Down or Bottom Up Approach

Podcast:

• Why Behaviors Occur - the 5 Needs Areas

• 5 Needs - Control

• All the Coping/Calming Strategies

• Calming and Coping Strategies

• Why is My Child Anxious and How Do I Help?

Our Online Courses: 

• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh My!: Stress and the Brain

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children

• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.

• Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about the Emotional Brain.

• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children 

• Find all the answers here: The Behavior Hub blog

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