If there is one thing I Want to share, that really made a difference for me, is to add this line to your claude.md
"Don't flatter me. Use radical candor when you communicate with me. Tell me something I need to know even if I don't want to hear it"
This is the single most important advice I'd love to share with you, it changed the way claude communicate with me, and I hope it will do the same for you :)
I've been watching CGB for a long time, I love also LVD, but I'm looking for other content creator to follow, mostly focusing on standard best of 1.
Thanks for your inputs :D
There was a time last year when asking our 5-year-old Jeremy to get dressed was close to impossible. Putting a sweater or a jacket on him became a continuous battle. He didn't want to, and as winter approached it was a difficult situation, because it was needed and there was no collaboration. He would start to cry, to shout, to refuse forcefully. At times we had to put it on with strength, and afterwards we didn't feel good. At daycare it was the same story.
What worked for us, in the end, was to keep communicating and talking to him. For kids like for adults, it's about patience and continuous communication. Explaining what was happening, why we needed to do it, being consistent. These changes don't take days. Sometimes not even weeks. It takes courage and strength to be firm and decisive, but also patience and empathy to allow them the time they need to absorb our teaching. It's hard sometimes, and it's easy to get angry. As a parent we need to do our best to keep calm and take a step back when anger takes precedence.
For parents who've been through similar moments, especially the ones where you had to physically force something because it couldn't be avoided: how did you make peace with it afterwards?