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If You Do THIS, Your Kids Will Listen

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Kids aren’t listening? It’s so frustrating to correct our kids over and over. Try these two crucial positive parenting strategies and your kids will listen. “It looks like a  beautiful  ballroom!” my awestruck five-year-old daughter exclaimed. She approached the open restaurant floor and twirled with wonderment. In truth, we were had just been brought into a nice looking bistro, but I couldn’t fault her enthusiasm. We sat down to dine with some friends from out of town. It was their last night here after a really nice visit. My kids had just spent an hour swimming, jumping, and moving from the hotel pool to the hot tub and back again.  If there was a good time to bring two young kids to a nicer restaurant, it was now. They had exhausted themselves and were ready to eat.  It took some time before the waitress took our order. But because my son and daughter took to colouring, all was well.  When ten minutes turned to twenty and the food still hadn’t arrived, things weren’t going quite