Category Discipline
Is “Being the Parent” Actually Good Parenting?
I just read another decent parenting book by a well-known author. It’s got some good ideas in it about how to manage kidsโ misbehavior. But like so many of the parenting books I read, it is laced with what Iโฆ
Why did two teenage boys demand daily family devotions?
Zeke and Andrew are two teenage boys in a family that started building a tradition of reading the Bible together during Advent when they were pint-sized. Each night they lit the candle, read that dayโs page from their advent book,โฆ
How Your Support Helped a Child Learn to Take Her Own Time-Outs
โI wasnโt safe! I need to go to my room to think about this,โ exclaimed five-year-old Selah after hitting her infant brother Caleb. It seemed almost miraculous that she would say such a thing.
The Golden Opportunity of โIโm so STUPID!โ
โIโm so stupid, Iโm SO STUPID!โ Most parents at some point are faced with a discouraged, self-condemning child. Thatโs painful to hear. Our anxiety often drives us to try to talk a child out of their opinion, in an effortโฆ
Why Do My Kids Misbehave to Get My Attention? [video]
Recently, Connected Families Co-Founder Lynne Jackson sat down withย Connected Families Coach Chad Hayenga to get his thoughts on why kids misbehave to get our attention and how we can help them to get our attention in healthy ways instead. Clickโฆ
3 Hands-On Practical Tips to Teach Kids Character
ย Often times in the day-to-day messes of family life we need practical, specific ideas for how to communicate with our kids.ย Below are three of our most popular and practical tips — ideas that will provide a concrete tool inโฆ
How Parents Can Predict a Meltdown…
Fists clench. Ears turn red. Lips quiver. The tiny chest heaves to draw in a breath and then — โNOOOOOOOO!!โ When your child starts working up to a tantrum, those tell-tale warning signs can make an explosion seem expected orโฆ
Are You Teaching Your Kids to Be Angry?
It starts with our example. Angry kids almost always have angry examples to follow. If those examples are parents, and those parents stay angry over the years, little can be done before their adulthood to re-teach kids about healthy anger.โฆ
Why Kids Explode and What to Do About It
Just like us, our kids sometimes react angrily when something important to them feels attacked. First expressions of anger are almost always aggressive. As kids get old enough to express themselves, the aggression becomes words and actions. One day Iโฆ
How Flushing without Pooping Can Help Your Parenting
I was mad. Several times in recent weeks our kids had become careless about their toilet flushing habits. So when I went in to use the bathroom and saw the most recent “solid evidence,” I was irritated to say theโฆ