You know how in the "Wizard of Oz" the wizard appears big and loud and frightening and mean?
Remember at the end when Dorothy and her three friends are cowering before him ..... Toto pulls the curtain back to reveal a small, uncertain, scared little man hiding the curtain?
In my recent tele-class, I compared your child's challenging behaviors like: defiance, disrespect, aggression and even withdrawal to the big, scary projection of the wizard. I showed you that if you pull back the curtain you'll see a small, scared, overwhelmed child behind those behaviors.
With that in mind, I just had to share this short, fun video in which my friend and mentor, child behavior expert, Bryan Post, shows how "time-in" gets through to the scared child behind the curtain.
Doesn't it make sense to lovingly connect to your child when he or she feels overwhelmed?
Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxFvQI89z4c
Mom ... Dad ... This is where it's at!
What do you think?
