https://www.janetlansbury.com/2023/04/how-to-help-kids-behave-in-restaurants-church-storytime-music-class-and-more/ elevating child care Tue, 18 Apr 2023 19:12:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.janetlansbury.com/2023/04/how-to-help-kids-behave-in-restaurants-church-storytime-music-class-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-132660 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 19:12:15 +0000 https://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=22249#comment-132660 Thank you, I loved this article!
I think that the most important thing is being willing to leave if the kid/kids (I have 3) are showing that they aren’t ready for that activity, that day. Where I live, there seems to be this expectation that parents HAVE to make the kids conform to the situation (school, church, daycare, etc.), instead of working with what the child is ready for. I understand that sometimes there isn’t always a lot of flexibility and that some activities have to happen at certain times and ways. Neither children or parents are failures if the children need to leave early and need more time to adjust.

]]> https://www.janetlansbury.com/2023/04/how-to-help-kids-behave-in-restaurants-church-storytime-music-class-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-132655 Tue, 11 Apr 2023 20:27:28 +0000 https://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=22249#comment-132655 Your #3 really resonates with me and is one of the most effective strategies we have found to help my daughter manage change and transitions. When she knows what is going to happen, she handles it calmly. When there is no warning about things going differently than she expects, it often results in tears. We can’t always give her warning (life is messy!) but it is possible more often than one might think once you know to consider it.

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