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“You’re the worst mom ever! Everybody hates you!”
Sometimes when parents make constructive parenting changes, things appear to get worse before they get better. This is because changes, even positive ones, throw kids off-balance. They live by a well-learned set of unwritten rules and it sometimes takes aโฆ
One of my favorite parenting videos
At Connected Families we teach that focusing on getting right behavior as your primary goal is a setup for power struggles and frustrations of all kinds. We teach instead to focus primarily on the messages your kids get from youโฆ
The most sure-fire road to respectful kids!
ย โKnock it off! Stop it! Get over here, NOW!โ These are familiar phrases for most parents. When kids act up we get frustrated. We get demanding and even disrespectful. Kids may comply with our demands in the short runโฆ
How do you grow when youโve blown it?
Lynne and I blew it a lot. We had a lot of great moments as a young family, but we also had a lot of bad moments – the kind of stuff that over time can lead to growing disconnectionโฆ
Five Strategies for Gaining Your Kidsโ Respect
Parents usually have good desires for their kids. They want kids to be respectful, responsible, faithful, obedient, and so on. Butย when parents make these behaviors their primary goals for parenting, their kids tend to resist. Why?ย Kids tend to resist becauseโฆ
The Big Problem with Parenting…
We meet or talk nearly every day with parents. Most of them contact us because they need help. After hearing bits of their story, we usually ask, “What are your goals as parents?” In their answers we learn much aboutโฆ
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
Growing Maturity in Your Child
Joslyn and Mikeโs sensitive 4-year-old Tyler had perfected the art of out-of-control meltdowns, sassiness, and occasional aggression. When they came for coaching, they were exhausted from trying to manage this difficult behavior when it occurred. Through the coaching process Joslynโฆ
A confession from a Connected Families employee…
Iโve read a ton of Connected Families content over the past couple years and, now that Iโm on staff, Iโm reading even more. By now, you could say that the Connected Families Framework has become ingrained in my psyche. Iโฆ
When Life Gets Sucked Out of Our Family
Sometimes technology feels out of control. I am chief offender in our home. Two hours can pass and, if Iโm completely honest, I donโt really remember much of what I did, saw, or believed was so important. I recently cameโฆ