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Encouraging Kids Who โ€œJust Donโ€™t Care!โ€ | Ep. 88

Does it feel like your child just doesnโ€™t care? Maybe even saying the words, โ€œI just donโ€™t care!โ€ Does your child seem unmotivated in school, defensive about doing chores, maybe even withdrawn and depressed? It is so hard to knowโ€ฆ

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To Spank or Not to Spank?

If you work with Christian parents, itโ€™s tempting to stay far away from the spanking debate. There are the โ€œnever spankโ€ parents, the โ€œimmediate obedience or get spankedโ€ parents, and everything in-between. The question over whether to spank or notโ€ฆ

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We Say “Stop!” They say, “NO!”

 Working with parents for over twenty years, we consistently see the following scenarios play out with kids of all ages:  Parents say โ€œDo this!โ€ Kids refuse.  Parents say โ€œStop!โ€ Kids do it anyway. Parents say, โ€œCome!โ€ Kids dash the otherโ€ฆ

Covered Ears

“I canโ€™t hear you!”

โ€œI canโ€™t hear you!! I canโ€™t hear you!!โ€ You thought his misbehavior was frustrating, but when your child covers his ears and yells โ€œI canโ€™t hear you!โ€ it sends your blood pressure through the roof! We received this question fromโ€ฆ

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Should We Demand Immediate Obedience?

Do you require immediate obedience from your kids? Does God require immediate obedience from our children? What does the Bible say about obedience? My thinking on this topic has changed over time. โ€œDelayed obedience is disobedience.โ€ Or so they said.โ€ฆ