Parent-Child Conflict - as told by Alissa Wahid

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Recently, I have collecting messages from a twitter account belongs to Alissa Wahid, an Indonesian family psychologist. There, at her tweets, she shares some practical tips and important things in managing parent-child conflict.
Well, with learning and sharing spirits, I try to compile it here, even though I’m aware that me myself is the person most in need of this.
May this shares be useful.

Power Struggle with Kids

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Strong-willed children tend to have a repeated power struggle. But there always a way to handle such a thing. For an example, a child that like to be hugged is better to be calmed down with hugs and kisses. The most important thing is, in calming the child down while power struggling, is to approach him or her in any kind of way that he or she like most.