Article excerpt:
If you have kids in your family, you’ve likely had (and continue to have) plenty of conversations around super fun topics like time-outs, house rules and apologizing. No matter what your parenting style (there’s quite a mix between commando, gentle, FAFO, authoritative, free-range and more), parents and grandparents have a lot to keep in mind when outbursts and tantrums inevitably happen.
Even when adults try to be proactive and regulate their own emotions before approaching an upset or dysregulated child, some unintentional blunders are easy to make. There’s one punishment mistake, in particular, that is a lot more common than you might think. (You might not even realize you’re doing it.)
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