Category Discipline

Encouraging Kids Who โJust Donโt Care!โ | Ep. 88
Does it feel like your child just doesnโt care? Maybe even saying the words, โI just donโt care!โ Does your child seem unmotivated in school, defensive about doing chores, maybe even withdrawn and depressed? It is so hard to knowโฆ
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11 Ideas to Help You Stop Yelling at Your Kids
Ideas from Scripture and Science to Develop a โGentle Tongueโ

Why Changing Your Parenting Is So Hard | Ep. 80
Why is changing your parenting just so hard? Youโve tried everything to get a better result in your parenting: Youโve read the books, watched the seminars, tried new methods. You know that you want a different approach to your parenting,โฆ
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How Can I Get My Child to Obey? | Ep. 78
Does God require your kids to obey immediately? Immediate obedience is probably a familiar concept to you. And, to be quite honest, itโs a hot-button topic! If you’ve ever asked yourself, “How do I get my child to obey?” then thisโฆ
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How to Stop Attention-Seeking Behavior Before It Starts
Some kids need a lot of attention. And they still want more. It can be pretty frustrating. Maybe you feel ready to do anything to stop your kidsโ attention-seeking behavior. In fact, sometimes it turns into an adversarial relationship.โฆ

Discipline That Connects With Your Child’s Heart | Ep. 15
In this podcast, Jim Jackson interviews Stacy Bellward, online course moderator, in a fun and heartfelt conversation. (Find out what even got Jim a little teary!)ย Youโll get the real scoop on the Discipline That Connects with Your Childโs Heartโฆ
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โI aimed for perfection as a mom and it just slayed me.โ
Each year, Connected Families offers our online course Discipline That Connects With Your Childโs Heart and hundreds of parents enroll and take the course. Nichole, a mom with six kids, was one of those parents.ย Here are excerpts from Nicholeโsโฆ

Communicating Love in the Midst of Misbehavior | Ep. 12
Stacy Bellward is joined by Jim and Lynne Jackson to talk about a message that is essential for discipline situations: You are LOVED no matter what! Why is this necessary? Donโt kids already know they are loved? During the frustrationโฆ
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“I dealt with big behavior by trying to control it and shut it down.”
Connected Families often hears from parents about how our framework has transformed their parenting. The foundation for our framework is, โYou are SAFE with me.โ The following story is from a mom who had experienced trauma alongside her daughter, andโฆ

The Parenting Pitfall We All Get Stuck In
Thereโs a parenting pitfall that nearly all parents get stuck in at some point: โIf my child behaves well, I am a good parent. If my child misbehaves, I am a bad parent.โ Stated so bluntly, itโs obviously not true,โฆ

