Modeling Healthy Relationships
It seems that many parents are concerned that their children aren’t motivated to love and respect them back, and they wonder why they have dysfunctional relationships with their kids. No...
Instead of Praising, Notice and Describe
Kids will soon return to their classrooms and parents will start supporting their academic endeavors as the school year unfolds. To help their kids develop a positive self-image, parents often...
Five Simple Steps to Help Kids Solve Their Own Problems
Too many kids grow up being unable to confront life’s problems and they end up making poor decisions. As parents and teachers, we want our kids to grow into adults...
Teens and Distracted Driving
Distracted driving comes in many forms, ranging from changing a radio station, to having a conversation with someone in the vehicle, to texting or talking on a mobile device. The...
Natural and Generic Consequences
A recent blog was about the myth of needing to deliver consequences immediately, and how delaying consequences helps give parents time to decide on appropriate consequences. What are appropriate consequences?...
Control Versus Wishes: How to Avoid Power Struggles
Whether we are parents or teachers, we often struggle with kids who are strong willed. With these kids, we often find ourselves locked into battles over things that we have absolutely...
The Myth of Immediate Consequences
Many people think that if consequences are not delivered immediately after kids have an outburst or misbehave, then they won’t learn from their mistakes. This myth is based on the...
Helping Our Kids by Listening with Empathy
Kids who are not directly involved in traumatic events can still suffer anxiety by hearing about these events. Many kids have been affected by recent events and parents naturally want...
Kids and Our Technology-Filled World
Ever since we started our series of blogs and newsletters, we have written about technology and social media, the effect they can have on our kids, and how they can...
