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Distraction – techniques and when to use them

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We have some ideas for using those fantastic distraction techniques with kids to avoid those terrible twos tantrums and beyond...sometimes its too late to stop a tantrum with your child, but at other times, distraction is a great way to hold it off before it begins.

Welcome to another Parenting Tales from the Sofa and we are again joined by resident coach, Beckie Whitehouse, of Be Confident Coaching.

This week we are talking about distraction and the various techniques that can be used to defuse a situation that you may be encountering with your child.

Distraction can come very naturally to some parents, but for others it can seem like you are at the end of the tether if your child is in full temper mode.  Alerting your child to something they may find interesting, starting a game or making silly faces – there are lots of different tricks to distract a young child who is getting grizzly or bored.

Topics we cover include:

  • what do we mean by distraction
  • what can we use to distract
  • how helpful it is to carry something with you to deflate the situation
  • how you can distract the older child

Do you have any other tips for our readers that have helped you.  Please do leave them in the comments below.

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Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, and website editor; and this site is (we think) the only Social Enterprise parenting magazine! Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, and use those grey cells at the same time. KiddyCharts has reach of over 1.1million across social and the site. The blog works with big family brands (including travel) to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. It gives 51%+ profits to Reverence for Life, who fund a number of important initiatives in Africa, including bringing running water and basic equipment to a school in Tanzania. Helen has worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on. Get in touch TODAY!

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Carolin

Sunday 22nd of March 2015

Fabulous video, Helen. I think distraction is an incredibly powerful tool because it usually gives your child what they want: your attention. It almost always works with Amy.

Thanks for linking up with our Parenting Pin It Party x

lynn

Tuesday 17th of March 2015

This is a great video thanks, it is helpful to remember before your child is in a full on melt down !

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