Jim Richards's Blog – February 2010 Archive (1)

One of the first things that a child needs to learn is to accept responsibility for their behavior. By nature, children and adults tend to shift responsibility. For example, if a child breaks a cookie jar and says, "It broke." "It broke." "I didn't have anything to do with it." The wise parent will say, "Let's say that in a different way." And help the child take responsibility of their…