Your Child Isn’t Difficult — They’re Communicating

Before you label it defiance, ask yourself: what are they trying to tell me? That tantrum in the grocery store. The refusal to get dressed. The sudden shutdown at bedtime. We've been taught to see these as problems to fix, but what if they're messages we haven't learned to read? Gail Smith explains why "difficult" behaviour often comes from children who don't have the words yet. And how shifting from managing to understanding changes everything.