Bad Behavior is Communication: Decoding Your Child's Meltdowns, Defiance & Aggression

08/11/2025 19 min Episodio 14
Bad Behavior is Communication: Decoding Your Child's Meltdowns, Defiance & Aggression

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Episode Synopsis

Is your child labelled with ODD, DMDD, or simply "impossible to manage"? What if every meltdown, every hit, every lie is actually a desperate attempt to communicate something you're not hearing yet?
In this powerful episode of Learn to Speak Kid, Bonnie and Thomas Liotta reveal the life-changing truth that most parenting experts won't tell you: children cannot think abstractly until at least age 13, which means traditional discipline methods are fundamentally misguided.
Discover why your child hears "wah wah wah" when you explain consequences, how the "terrible twos" are actually your fault (not theirs), and the simple reframe that transforms defiant behavior into cooperation without medication, years of therapy, or harsh punishment.
You'll learn:

Why telling your child "no" 400 times more than "yes" creates oppositional behavior
What your child is REALLY saying when they hit, lie, or melt down
The genius code of "monkey see, monkey do" that unlocks cooperation
How to teach life skills instead of trying to control behavior

If you've tried every parenting book except Learn to Speak Kid, this episode will change everything. Stop seeing behavior problems—start seeing brilliant genius kids with limited life skills.
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