Title: 5 Ways to Stop Your Child's Manipulative Behavior | Mighty Mommy
Headings: Is Your Child Manipulative? 5 Helpful Strategies
Is Your Child Manipulative? 5 Helpful Strategies
Kids learn to be manipulative from a young age
1. Respond, don't react
2. Don't be emotionally blackmailed
3. Stand united with your partner
4. Stop negotiating
5. Hold them accountable
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Content: Kids manipulate their parents for various reasons, usually to get something they want. There are times, however, when that tactic gets out of hand, and it becomes a challenge. Kids learn to be manipulative from a young age
When a child manipulates, it may seem like an artful and calculated con job. But often, learning to manipulate comes about instinctively. In an article on child manipulation , clinical psychologist Dr. Susan Rutherford writes: Children can learn how to get certain responses from their parents from a very young age. Typically not before 15 months, but some kids can understand this dynamic quickly. She refers to a young child crying in the middle of the night. The parent runs in to pick the child up to soothe him. The child soon learns that this behavior will get his needs met, so it develops into a pattern.