What is the first thing you should do when a difficult situation occurs with your children?

Typically when a difficult situation occurs with your children the first thing you do as parents is go into respond mode. The problem is respond mode often times gets partnered with hurry up mode. The first thing you should do when a difficult situation occurs with your children is to slow down. If the situation requires you to make a decision about the next step and you make it in a hurry, you aren’t going to make the best choice. Unless your child requires 911 attention, slow the process down. I promise you the more time you put between your thoughts and your decisions the better off the outcome will be for everybody.