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Welcome to the interactive and follow-up best practices for the Avoiding the Power Struggle chapter. Here, you can access the reflective Journal Questions and the Quick How-To Reference Card.
Questions for Journaling
Do you often find it challenging to control your emotions when your child is having a hard time, causing them to react to your potential frustration, stress, or both? If so, in what ways do you think you can be more mindful of your response to better control emotions fueled by the power struggle and resistance?
When your children are displaying resistant, defiant behaviors, does it feel like they are intentionally disrespecting your authority? What have we learned in this chapter that can help you squash this feeling?
Do you find that once your child starts to have a difficult time, it is challenging to calm them?
Based on what we have discussed in this chapter, how can you implement Avoiding the Power Struggle at home?
