Category Discipline
When You Want to Be Heard… Whisper
In our online course a parent once asked the following question: I see the difference youโre talking about between typical parenting and parenting with the four messagesย in mindโฆ and I like the difference I seeโฆ here comes the BUT… whatโฆ
Getting the Best Out of Our Kids
The way to get the best out of people is to orient people toward others. Think about it. When are you at your best? It’s almost always when you are contributing to the welfare of others. Certainly there are thoseโฆ
How to Be a Safer Parent
Today weโd like to share with you a story from the blog of Bo, a dad who with his wife Jen took our online course and shared with us this beautiful story of their journey to become safer parents. Weโฆ
“You’re the worst mom ever! Everybody hates you!”
Sometimes when parents make constructive parenting changes, things appear to get worse before they get better. This is because changes, even positive ones, throw kids off-balance. They live by a well-learned set of unwritten rules and it sometimes takes aโฆ
Seven Minutes of Life-Changing Parenting Wisdom
When it comes to raising your kids, we know how frustrating it can be to put your whole heart into it over the years and continue seeing the same issues, the same misbehavior, the same fights, repeat themselves over andโฆ
How to Thank God for Your Kids’ Misbehavior
When kids misbehave, often our default is to pray for patience or even for the misbehavior to go away. But have you ever thought about thanking God for your kidsโ misbehavior? Check out the powerful way this mom of threeโฆ
Help Kids Handle “NO” by Getting Great at “YES!”
If you want your kids to respect and value your โnoโs!โ work harder on your โyeses!โ Itโs good to teach kids the various โNoโs!โ in life. The best foundation for doing this is to help them habitually experience the resoundingโฆ
3 Signs of Unhelpful Consequences… and How to Fix Them!
โYouโre stupid!โ says the frustrated child. The parent feels annoyed, even a bit angry and responds, โYou canโt talk to me that way! Youโre grounded for the rest of the day! You go to your room and think about whatโฆ
One of my favorite parenting videos
At Connected Families we teach that focusing on getting right behavior as your primary goal is a setup for power struggles and frustrations of all kinds. We teach instead to focus primarily on the messages your kids get from youโฆ
The Best Vacation Ever
Tom was worried about taking his family on a short mission trip to a South Dakota Indian reservation. He told me, “We’re really interested in this trip. We think it would be good for us and for our kids. Butโฆ