What can be done when children simply do not listen? Are there effective alternatives to yelling and scolding?

Educational psychology provides a variety of effective tips (supported by intensive research) that make it possible to give children guidance without having to use verbal or non-verbal violence. Three of these tips are presented in the video:

1. Natural/logical consequences

2. play in the same team

3. nature stimuli

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Studies and books (only small selection):

Burck, E. (2020). Was tun, wenn Kinder nicht hören?: Wie die psychologische Forschung Eltern und Lehrern dabei hilft, die beste Erziehung zu finden (Erziehungspsychologie, Klassenführung, Pädagogische Psychologie). Books on Demand.

Faber Taylor, A., & Kuo, F. E. (2009). Children with attention deficits concentrate better after walk in the park. Journal of attention disorders, 12(5), 402-409.

Gaertner, S. L., Dovidio, J. F., Banker, B. S., Houlette, M., Johnson, K. M., & McGlynn, E. A. (2000). Reducing intergroup conflict: From superordinate goals to decategorization, recategorization, and mutual differentiation. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4(1), 98.

Han, K. T. (2009). Influence of limitedly visible leafy indoor plants on the psychology, behavior, and health of students at a junior high school in Taiwan. Environment and Behavior, 41(5), 658-692.

Leijten, P., Gardner, F., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Van Aar, J., Hutchings, J., Schulz, S., … & Overbeek, G. (2019). Meta-analyses: Key parenting program components for disruptive child behavior. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(2), 180-190.

Tyerman, A., & Spencer, C. (1983). A critical test of the Sherifs’ robber’s cave experiments: Intergroup competition and cooperation between groups of well-acquainted individuals. Small Group Behavior, 14(4), 515-531.

University of Oklahoma. Institute of Group Relations, & Sherif, M. (1961). Intergroup conflict and cooperation: The Robbers Cave experiment (Vol. 10, pp. 150-198). Norman, OK: University Book Exchange.

Weinstein, N., Przybylski, A. K., & Ryan, R. M. (2009). Can nature make us more caring? Effects of immersion in nature on intrinsic aspirations and generosity. Personality and social psychology bulletin, 35(10), 1315-1329.

Wells, N. M. (2000). At home with nature: Effects of “greenness” on children’s cognitive functioning. Environment and behavior, 32(6), 775-795.