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Payoffs & Accidental Rewards: How to Focus on the Right Stuff | Ep. 194
Have you ever noticed bad behavior increasing the more you attempt to quell it in your child? You might be facing a situation of payoffs, accidental rewards or misplaced “focus fertilizer.” In this episode, Chad Hayenga and Jim Jackson unpackโฆ
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Chores: The Constant Challenge
Youโve tried every trick in the book to get your kids to do basic chores. And your kids try every trick in the book to resist. You never would have dreamed of sassing back to your parents about chores theโฆ
โIf My Kidโs a Slob Now, How Will He Hold a Job Later?โ
“When I look at my sonโs messy room, it puts a knot in my stomach.โ Joe was insightful and honest as he described his emotions about his sonโs room. โJust the sight of his dresser drawers hanging out with stuffโฆ
One of Our Biggest Parenting Mistakes…
One of our biggest parenting mistakes is to try to get kids to behave right for the wrong reasons. Itโs a good thing to want our kids to behave responsibly and to internalize the value of responsibility, but parents tendโฆ
Building the Family Team: A Solution to Chore Wars
7-year-old Bryce was a master โchore evader.โ When asked to help with chores, this distractable drama king would slump over and whine, โBut I wanted to play!โ His parents, Sandy and Jeff, had run out of ideas and came toโฆ
The Joy of Family Chores: A Tale of Two Moms
In a family, we all need each other. We are a team, and we share in the responsibility of the household. โGod has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them toโฆ
Helping Kids Learn Independence from Tots to Teens
ย Our teen-aged son had been working on a variety of “extra-credit” home projects for us as a way to earn money.ย (For younger parents, don’t miss Tips for Tots application below.) I definitely noticed some strengths and weaknesses inโฆ