When children make mistakes, parents should be careful to address the mistake, not condemn the child. Parents can talk with their children about unacceptable behavior without making the children feel they are bad. It is better to say that a child has behaved in an unacceptable way than to say that the child is bad.

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That can be a hard thing sometimes especially when the child doesn't understand the behavior was bad. Should a parent tell a child a behavior is 'bad' as opposed to the child? Will a child realize that they did that behavior and it was bad and they shouldn't have done it? Or should a parent tell a child that they were 'wrong' to do that behavior which was 'bad'?