When you try to “help” kids solve their problems and you get an “I don’t know” in response, then you are heading down the wrong path. You have tried to get to the answer way too quickly. Even though the quick-solution directive road seems fastest, it is not because it is filled with strong resistance from your…
Parents get stuck being able to see new solutions because they continue to view the problem in the same light. Often they state the question in this format: “How do I get my child to: not talk back, do their chores, do their homework not have a tantrum not be disrespectful not hit their sibling…
A mom attended a parenting class of mine and left deciding that she didn’t want to use Time Outs as a punishment. Some experts teach that you put kids on Time Out according to their age as a means for them to realize you mean business. I never used this and I never teach parents…
See if this situation sounds familiar… An 8 year old son does sloppy work with homework. He rushed through it as quickly as possible so he could get done, then head outside to play. The mom (or father) then checks his work; seeing that it was rushed through, she then forces him to redo it.…
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