Category Discipline
How To Help Siblings Stop Fighting All the Time | Ep. 139
Do you feel like your kids are fighting all the time? They might be bickering, crying, or yelling, and you might feel exasperated and wonder how to turn things around. Conflicts will always be part of family relationships, but youโฆ
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Is Your Child Not Sharing? 4 Strategies to Help Your Child Learn to Share
Your child might sing โsharing is caringโ at the top of her lungs one minute and grab her brotherโs toy the next. If your small child is not sharing well yet, take a deep breath. Not sharing toys does notโฆ
Teaching Kids to Be Responsible for Their Actions | Ep. 14
Today, Stacy Bellward interviews Jim and Lynne Jackson as they dive deep into ways to correct kidsโ misbehavior with the message, โYou are RESPONSIBLE for your actionsโ. Misbehavior is like the tip of the iceberg. If we make misbehavior ourโฆ
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My Kids Fight All the Time! | Ep. 4
Itโs summer and the kids are home from school. Is the constant fighting and bickering more than you can take? This week we welcome Lynne Jackson, parent coach and co-founder of Connected Families. She brings stories and practical solutions youโฆ
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Tired of Sibling Fighting?
Parents of siblingsโฆ did you ever think it would be this hard? You imagined your kiddos as best friends, being there for each other throughout life, and always having each otherโs backs. And yet, here they are, yo-yo-ing from bestโฆ
Should I Require Fighting Kids to Apologize?
Sibling conflict can be discouraging as parents wonder, โWill these kids ever learn to get along? Will they ever be close?โ Jim and I wondered that. Our online course, Sibling Conflict: From Bickering to Bonding, is packed with the insightsโฆ
Equip Kids To Apologize Like They Mean It
When kids fight, parents typically try to resolve things by telling the kids they have to say theyโre sorry. While parents may be aware that this can be a very shallow, โgo through the motionsโ sort of consequence for kids, they mayโฆ
How to Help Kids Like Each Other… with Photos!
Ever feel like the moments where your kids actually like each other are few and far between? Or like deep down they love each other, but they forget as their connection gets lost in the shuffle of sibling conflict andโฆ
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
How to Not Take Sides When Siblings Fight
In our family, one of the realities we face is siblings who fight. I tend to want to stop my children’s rivalry in its tracks, but I have found that I sometimes contribute to the problem rather than solve it. Ultimately, I reallyโฆ