Written by: Larissa Dann

 

Are you a parent (or carer) who has just read a new parenting book, or completed a parenting course such as Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T)? You may be full of ideas on implementing the new skills you've just learned. You're hopeful that things will change immediately: that the household will become calmer; that you'll yell less; that the kids will respond positively to your I-Messages; and you have a new way to encourage self-discipline. 

 

What you don't expect is any resistance from your child when you apply these skills. And you definitely did not predict your own resistance to using the skills.

 

Change can be a bumpy road - the 'change back!' reaction...