obedience, The Occuplaytional Therapist

Immediate Obedience

June 13, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

Immediate obedience is a fear response. There isn’t immediate obedience when you’re committed to parenting your children without making them afraid of you. Sometimes your kid just needs a second to process what you asked […]

You’re Not Listening (part 2)

June 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I posted last week about the overuse of the word “listen” to mean “obey” in adult/child relationships — i.e., “you’re not listening to me” when what the adult really means is “you’re not complying with […]