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 How Do I Partner with School So Attention Shifts to Effort, Not Drama? 
 How Do I React When “I Was Only Joking” Follows Disrespect to Staff? 
 How do I react when my child follows me room to room demanding I watch them? 
 How do I react when my child grabs the mic or shouts over announcements at events? 
 How do I react when my child rage-quits games loudly to get noticed? 
 How Do I Read Anxiety That Shows Up as Cheeky or Rude? 
 How do I respond when bedtime becomes a stage for loud antics? 
 How Do I Respond When My Child Disrupts Group Work to Become the Centre? 
 How to Support My Child to Seek Teacher Attention Positively? 
 What Helps When My Child Refuses to Buckle in Until There is an Audience? 
 What plan helps when my child pesters strangers for laughs or shock value? 
 What short scripts help me end debates and move on? 
 What should I adjust in environment (noise, tasks, timing) to lower the need? 
 What should I do when my child creates a tiny mess so I can attend to them? 
 What Should I Do When My Child Hints at Secrets Online to Make Peers Chase? 
How do I coach a clear “attention ask” my child can use instead? 
How do I coach my child to leave drama chats without fallout? 
How Do I Coach My Child Who Interrupts Lessons to Get Laughs? 
How do I give connections without rewarding the disruptive bid? 
How do I handle “seen” tests designed to check who will respond first? 
How do I handle exaggerated whining that spikes as soon as guests arrive? 
How do I handle last-minute toilet trips used to stretch bedtime? 
How do I handle loud theatrics in a queue that start as soon as people look? 
How do I handle my child’s cheeky comments to adults? 
How Do I Handle Spam Texts and All-Caps Messages Meant to Force Replies? 
How do I handle toy snatching that is clearly bait for a big reaction? 
How Do I Help My Child Swap Class-Clown Status for Helpful Leadership? 
How do I keep focused on solutions when both demand attention at once? 
How do I keep mornings moving when my child plays up as soon as I praise a sibling? 
How do I kindly end a scene when my child refuses to move? 
How do I manage deliberate dawdling at exits when it gathers against a crowd? 
How do I manage wardrobe “itchy” claims that appear only when we are late? 
How Do I Offer Choices That Reduce Power Struggles During Bids? 
How Do I Practise Neutral Face, Soft Voice and Brief Words When Baited? 
How do I praise specifically for quiet, helpful actions that replace the bid? 
How do I react when bath time turns into water fights for laughs? 
How do I react when my child lies on the floor in a shop to draw attention? 
How do I rebuild positive sibling attention so negative bids fade? 
How Do I Redirect Online Attention-Seeking into Creative, Positive Posts? 
How do I redirect online attention-seeking into creative, positive posts? 
How Do I Respond If Loneliness After School Drives Drama at Home? 
How Do I Respond When Clean-Up Turns into Clowning That Delays Everything? 
How Do I Respond When My Child Hovers and Interrupts Chores to Keep Me Engaged? 
How do I respond when my child interrupts someone else’s performance or talk? 
How Do I Respond When My Child Picks Fights in Group Chats to Stay Relevant? 
How do I respond when my child plays the victim after provoking? 
How do I respond when one child pokes until the other explodes? 
How do I schedule predictable attention, so surprise bids shrink? 
How Do I Spot Patterns So I Can Intervene Before the Show Begins? 
How do I stop a child from performing rudeness to make me scold the other? 
How Do I Teach My Child to Ask for Attention Plainly Rather Than Through Chaos? 
How Do I Use Daily Micro-Connections to Prevent Build-Up Dramatic Bids? 
How Do I Use Planned Ignoring Alongside Quick Praise for Calm Moments? 
How do I use short, planned one-to-one time to reduce negative bids? 
How to Exit Public Meltdowns Without Rewarding the Spectacle 
How to Handle Sudden ‘I Cannot Do It’ Claims for Tasks They Can Do 
How to React When Praise for One Child Triggers Another 
How to Respond When a Child Ruins a Sibling’s Game to Get Your Attention 
How to Respond When Detention Stories Are Told Like Trophies? 
How to Respond When Your Child Runs Ahead to Make You Chase 
How to Respond When Your Child Shouts Your Name Repeatedly 
What helps when a child needs control and uses mischief to get it? 
What Helps When Classmates Reward My Child’s Antics with Laughter? 
What helps when my child deletes and reposts to restart the attention cycle? 
What Helps When My Child Refuses to Buckle In Until There is an Audience? 
What helps when my child turns every small correction into a loud argument? 
What helps when my child uses shock statements for a reaction? 
What helps when siblings stage loud arguments the moment I sit down? 
What plan helps carers, teachers, and relatives respond the same way? 
What plan helps me divide attention fairly without feeding provocation? 
What Plan Helps When My Child Starts Side Shows During Assemblies? 
What plan sets response times, so I am not drawn into digital emergencies? 
What routine gives attention earlier, so they do not seek it by derailing plans? 
What routine lets me reconnect later without revisiting the drama? 
What should I do right after I accidentally fed the behaviour? 
What should I do when a child fakes an injury to get sympathy? 
What should I do when a child tells a sibling purely to pull me their way? 
What should I do when big transitions increase attention-grabbing? 
What Should I Do When My Child Acts Out More on Supply-Teacher Days? 
What Should I Do When My Child Blurts Answers for Attention, Not Learning? 
What should I do when my child makes noise on phone calls? 
What should I do when my child mocks rules loudly to get peers’ attention? 
What should I do when my child performs risky stunts at the playground to be seen? 
What Should I Do When My Child Posts Dramatic Statuses to Fish for Concern? 
What Should I Do When My Child Restarts Arguments at Lights Out to Keep Me Near? 
What should I do when my child shares private family details? 
What Should I Do When My Child Spills or Crumbles Food to Keep Dinner Going? 
What Should I Do When My Child Uses Bathroom Passes Just to Roam and Be Seen? 
What Should I Do When Toothbrushing Becomes a Noisy Protest? 
What should I notice when hunger or fatigue is behind the noise? 
What should I say that acknowledges the need without rewarding the behaviour? 
What to Do When Your Child “Accidentally” Knocks Over Displays 
What to Do When Your Child Fake-Cries for Attention 
What works when I redirect to a simple job that gives legitimate attention? 
What works when my child ‘forgets’ a simple step so I will step in and help? 
What Works When My Child Hides Shoes Before School So I Will Chase? 
What Works When My Child Plays to the Crowd and Ignores the Task? 
What works when my child tags people nonstop to provoke a reaction? 
What works when sensory overload makes my child seek chaos and eyes on them? 
What works when the older child copies the younger’s mischief to grab attention? 
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