give your requests

I was reading over my notes from the last conference I attended on behavior management . One suggestion is to never give an authoritative command, but to state your request, then walk away. Give the child time to process and respond, then go back to him if you need to. Be sure to use his name and have his attention, but too much talking at him will just be so much noise he will not be able to process.

Hmm, not exactly my parenting style.