Tired of your child not listening? The problem may be how you say it.

If you often find yourself talking to your child and getting ignored, brushed off, or met with that look that says they are not even really hearing you, the issue may not be what you are saying. It may be how it is coming across.

There are days when, even exhausted, the adult does choose their words carefully, and the sentence still does not land.

You say it once. Then again. Then in your nicest voice. Then in your firmer voice. Then in that very specific voice that says, without saying it, “please do not make me turn this into a whole situation before 8 a.m.”