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: Do I seriously look amazing? ( Every busy mom hopes so!) Or could this compliment be a ploy to cover an underlying motive like wanting the go-ahead to break curfew or to soften the news of a failing grade? My daughter tends to be trustworthy and get good grades, so her overzealous fashion compliments are probably innocent. But when she applies that same charisma to go to her father behind my back to get his blessing for a new cell phone after I've already said no ... that's inappropriate. 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: