Managing Challenging Behaviour In A Child, My After Church Experience

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Golden, come on let’s go, its home time I said to him when I went to his class to pick him up after church. He was smiling, a bit reluctant, but eventually came out. Tradition demands I sign him off before leaving and usually, the register book is kept on the table just by the side of the door. It also happens that there were left overs drinks for the children. While I was signing him off, he sighted the drinks, immediately grabbed one then ran away.
I decided to go find him luckily for me, I found him. I stretched forth my hand, he gave me his other hand then followed me.
At this point, I tried to get the drink off him, but he wouldn’t let me. Honestly, I didn’t know what to do and I did not want to force or bribe him. I just wanted him to willingly drop it. Luckingly for me, my cousin passed with her less than a year-old baby and I knew he loves baby Zoe so much.
With so much excitement, I said Golden see baby Zoe, with curiosity he said where’s she? She’s there, that way can I have the drink now? Immediately, he handed it over to me and ran to find baby Zoe.
It took a lot from me not to yell, smack, bribe, threaten or even compare him with other children. While I’m thankful that baby Zoe rescued me, I would have as well made him face the consequences if that option didn’t surface because I know he’s strong-willed, he would have opened the drink and drnk.
That means I’ll ensure or inform his teachers not to give him drink next week Sunday so he can learn that there's consequence for his action. As much as I understand that his behaviour was age-appropriate, I still need to play my role as a parent by being firm.
Dear intentional parents, I understand that sometimes, being able to figure out a better approach to your child’s misbehaviour can be challenging but I’ll encourage you to think it through as long as is not an emergency because an intentional parent is a thinker and remember to be firm and don't let your child get away with certain negative behaviours.
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