Sarah Rosensweet is one of 15 mentors worldwide trained by Dr. Laura Markham of Aha Parenting.  Her wonderfully calm presence, and underlying brain science to her techniques, makes parenting look simple.

Rosensweet talks about what to do when a child "ignores" your requests or dislikes your requests, and offers some easy solutions.

"There are three big reasons why kids don’t listen to us: they don’t hear us, they don’t like what we are asking them to do, or they are not taking us seriously. Let’s look at why these things happen and what we can do about it," Rosensweet writes.

It's a quick read — check it out here.