Pediatrician: How Parents Can Communicate Effectively With Children Who Don’t Want to Listen

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By Dr. Grace Yen Hoong Ooi and Health 1+1

4/7/2022Updated: 5/16/2022

A mother brought her 9-year-old son to my clinic. The boy beat someone at school, and the teacher told the parent. The mother said, “I don’t know what to do with him. Scolding does not work, nor does punishment.”

I asked, “Can you tell me something he is good at?”

New York-based Grace Yen Hoong Ooi, MD, is the chief pediatrician at Happiness Pediatrics. She has over 10 years experience treating children, from newborn infants to adolescents. Dr. Ooi earned her medical degree from the prestigious McGill University in Canada prior to her research fellowship training. She then completed her post-graduate training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.