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When you want to limit the child’s behavior or change what the child
is doing:
1. Tell him. Before you say ‘no’, think about it carefully. When you
say ‘no’ you should be firm about it.
No, you must
stay here.
If you let your child change your mind
by his bad behavior, then he will
learn to misbehave in order to get
what he wants.
Once you tell your child that he cannot do
something or have something, you should not
change your mind just to stop his crying.
2. Show him what you mean.
These are Papa’s eyeglasses,
Sunil. They are not for
playing with!
3. Use pictures to make
the request clearer.
You must cover the
well or someone
could fall in!
Pictures are especially
helpful for things that are
hard to communicate —
like how a child´s actions
affect others.
4. Help him do as you request.
If the deaf child has trouble understanding what you requested, show
him by doing what you mean.
Helping Children Who Are Deaf (2004)