NLP for Kids - The Power of Positive Language

What You Say Is What They Do - Elizabeth Payea-Butler

Listening to how you speak to your child is often a challenge, simply because everything seems to happen so fast.

You see your child running, and getting close to the street. Your instinct is to say "Don't run across the street" and that is what most parents do say.

The problem: In order for the brain to process the statement it has to make a picture of it happening, and then follows through with the action.

FACT: The subconscious mind cannot recognize a negative.

And so, anytime you use a statement that includes a negative command, you are actually giving the OPPOSITE command for the action or results you desire!

What to do instead? Stay calm and say what you want them to do. "Stop now." or "Freeze" or "Stop and wait now".

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