Google+ Authentic Parenting: Distraction: Tool or Trick (rerun)
Saturday, February 9, 2013  Distraction: Tool or Trick (rerun)
A while back I read an article that challenges the distraction
technique. It stated that distracting is just a way to avoid
confrontation, and that conflict management is a skill that
children have to acquire too. Where I do agree that it is
necessary for children to assimilate conflict resolving skills,
I don't know if we should be generating conflict just for the
sake of it, and I sure don't think we should toss out the
distraction technique. Distraction can be a great tool when
dealing with younger children, who do not have the capacity to
deal with conflict, and who aren't verbal enough to engage in
something like negotiation. As quoted from Peaceful Parenting:
Distraction is a wonderful, often underused technique. It
activates the seeking system in your child's lower brain and
makes him feel curious and interested in something. It can
naturally override the brain's rage or dis