Category Discipline
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
โSometimes My Kids Deserve To Be Yelled At!โ
Recently in a parent coaching session a parent shared a feeling that Iโve felt a few times myself: โSometimes my kids deserve to be yelled at when Iโve asked them to do something multiple times and they โforgetโ or donโtโฆ
When Kids Misbehave Throw a Party!
Every parent wants obedient children. But the parent who wants an obedient child without putting in the hard work to earn that child’s trust is on shaky ground. You see, true obedience grows out of the soil of trust. Compliance,โฆ
Why Won’t My Kid Do the Dishes?
Recently we got an email from a mom asking what to do when her 10-year-old son refused to help with the dishes after dinner, even when punished with spanking or loss of electronics. Conflicts around chores are something that manyโฆ
A Parenting Fairy Tale…
Once upon a time, near a woods far away, there was a family named the Scrumpkins. Bingle (the dad) and Kalinda (the mom) were fearful of what might happen to their children if they explored the dark, foreboding woods behindโฆ
How to Help Kids Follow Family Rules
When it comes to family rules, a common mistake parents make is not clearly defining the rules! What is acceptable and what is not in a family can be a moving target depending on the whims of a parentโs mood,โฆ
Four Powerful Messages All Kids Long to Hear
ย Every parent wants their child to choose good, right behavior. Every family consists of real, mistake-prone people. No one is perfect. How do we teach our children to learn from their mistakes and help them grow up well? Disciplineโฆ
What If We’re Doing It All Backwards?
Jeni wants her ten-year-old, Timmy, to be more obedient and responsible. What parent doesnโt want this? So when Timmy disobeys, and doesnโt take responsibility to clean up the kitchen as assigned on his chore chart, she enters the all too common battle of wills to get him to do his job.
What’s Your Child Really Saying?
It was the first warm day of spring in Minnesota, which usually means MUD. The ground was still soggy from the snow melt, but the air was clean and fresh and the flowers were just beginning to peek through the soil. I was outside with two of our three kids...
“How Do I Get My Kids to Do What I Want?”
โNo matter how hard you try, you simply cannot control another personโs behavior. You can only influence it.โ ย ~Dr. Scott Larson from “When Teens Stray” Parents often ask us, โHow do I get my kid to do what I wantโฆ