Stay Calm and think for a moment.
Once, when we planned to go out with my two year old son, we were running late as my husband had a prior plan to go meet his friend after an hour, so we rushed outside the house to put on our shoes, and I told my son, "Wear your shoes?" He said "No". I tried to reason with him, "Baby, we are getting late. Please wear your shoes fast.". He was very adamant; he completely refused. He said "I will not wear them.". Our instant reaction in such situations would be to shout at the child or forcefully make him wear or take him out without shoes, upsetting the child and ourselves in this process and end up not enjoy the time together. But I calmed myself down and thought for a minute: What might be the reason? You see, my boy loves going out. So why is he refusing today? and that's when I realized my mistake. I told him, "I am sorry. See, I am removing my shoes; come, lets go and put on our shoes together.". I removed my shoes and then he...