Today's Tip for Families

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07-08-2025

Are You Teaching Your Child to Resolve Differences Respectfully?

It may not always seem like it, but children watch the adults around them closely. And when it comes to learning how to behave, they mimic what they see.

To teach your child to resolve conflicts with others, set an example you want your child to learn from. Here’s how:

• Try to remain calm by counting to ten.
• Agree to take a break if you can’t calm down, and return to the problem later.
• Try to be open and honest with your feelings.
• Listen carefully to the other person’s feelings and point of view.
• Talk about the problem, rather than attacking the other person.
• Think of possible solutions and agree on what’s fair.
• Say, “I’m sorry” when you hurt or upset the other person.

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Tortuga Preserve Elementary School

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