Tag conflict resolution
Your Marriage Isn’t Broken: It’s Growing | Ep. 215
Got questions about marriage? Feeling like, “My marriage is broken”? Join Jim and Lynne Jackson as they candidly answer real questions about marriage from parents like you. They touch on everything from balancing time for one another with parenting toโฆ
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The Goal Was to Ask More Questions and Tell Less, Butโฆ
If youโve read much of our content before, you might have picked up on the fact that we like questions. In fact, I often encourage the parents I coach to work toward asking more questions while telling their kids less.โฆ
An Appropriate โPunishmentโ for Name-Calling? Itโs Not What You Think
Teach connection and reconciliation with this simple policy
6 Practical Tips to Tame Your Temper
Disciplining misbehaving kids is often a difficult and emotion-laden task. Our oldest son, Daniel, sometimes said to Lynne, โMom, you just bursted all over us!โ And he was painfully correct. Jim had his share of quick, harsh reactions as well.โฆ
Why Do Siblings Fight So Much? The Good News and the Bad News
โHe hit me!!!โ โShe took my marker!โ Seriously, donโt you wonder, “Why do my kids fight so much???” Why siblings fight has been a question plaguing parents for millenniaโฆ I know Iโve thought, โI am just refereeing 24/7, and Iโฆ
Consequences vs Punishment: Whatโs the Difference?
If youโve been parenting any time at all, you likely have made a significant discovery: Despite your most graceful efforts to stay calm, connect well, and guide them with grace, your kids still misbehave. So what do you do inโฆ
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
Help! My Kids Are Constantly Fighting
Teaching true reconciliation in your home
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