Category Discipline
Five Strategies for Gaining Your Kidsโ Respect
Parents usually have good desires for their kids. They want kids to be respectful, responsible, faithful, obedient, and so on. Butย when parents make these behaviors their primary goals for parenting, their kids tend to resist. Why?ย Kids tend to resist becauseโฆ
This Kid Changed Overnight! Hereโs How…
Sometimes it takes a while for parents to change in ways that lead to deeper respect from their kids. Sometimes it can happen fast. When Dan attended our weekend workshop he saw an immediate change by practicing what we callโฆ
An Unconventional Solution to a Child’s Resistance
ย We often see a common parenting cycle when kids are prone to anxiety. In short, it goes like this: Child feels anxious Worried, but well-meaning parent โencouragesโ the child toward to overcome the anxiety by pushing the child Theโฆ
The Conundrum of Trust
ย When kids trust they feel safe; they know theyโre loved. Trust leads to respect and true obedience. Kids who trust look to their parents for wisdom and follow their parentsโ examples in desirable ways. Where trust fails, relationships failโฆ
Are You Teaching Your Child to Ignore You?
Weโve often heard parents say, โI hate to yell, but the kids just wonโt listen until I do!โ If the kids arenโt listening to requests, it may be about more than inattentiveness. It could be that the family culture doesโฆ
Whoops, Thereโs Sex in Our Family Night Movie!
ย When our children were in elementary school, we chose to watch Tootsie with them. Itโs a PG-rated movie from the early 80’s that I remembered as quite funny and appropriate for the kids (ages about 8-12) to watch. Butโฆ
The Key to Consistent Parenting
It is often said that consistency is an important key to effective parenting. We agree wholeheartedly. However, we believe consistency is not so much about the method we choose, but the heart behind the method. If our heart is consistentlyโฆ
When Kids Stay Irresponsible
Brian and Jana were very concerned about how much work it was to get their 8-year-old son, Brady, to do much of anything – look up from his book when they talked, get ready for school in the morning, getโฆ
What to do when your kids give you a defiant โNOโ
When kids say โNo!โ parents tend to react rather than respond. Reacting tends to lead to unconstructive power struggles that follow this basic pattern: Child: โNo!โ Parent: โYes!โ Child: โNo!โ Parent: โYes or else!โ Child: โI donโt care!โ Parent: โWellโฆ
The Day My 7-Year-Old Sang โLetโs Go All the Way Tonightโ
The day I overheard my 7-year-old daughter singing โLetโs go all the way tonightโ was the day I knew our family had to do something different with music in our house. My end goal when I launch my kids intoโฆ