Tag grown-up misbehavior
What’s Good About Being an Angry Parent?
Anger is tough to understand. Many parents, in an effort to stop their kidsโ misbehavior, tend to react quickly. This reaction usually doesnโt give much thought to the deeper layers of whatโs going on in both the child and theโฆ
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
What to Do When Kids Push Your Buttons
When kids act up, it’s a parent’s job to guide them through the difficulty. But kids’ trouble often pushes parents’ buttons. Need for control? Push. Desire for quick fixes? Push. Anxiety about whatโs gonna happen with this demanding kid? Push.โฆ
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
How Your Smartphone Can Help Your Parenting
Ever wondered how your kids view you? Check out this momโs simple plan to see herself through her kidsโ eyes: I was intrigued by a TED talk about the benefits of teachers videoing themselves teaching in their classrooms. They useโฆ
Is “Being the Parent” Actually Good Parenting?
I just read another decent parenting book by a well-known author. It’s got some good ideas in it about how to manage kidsโ misbehavior. But like so many of the parenting books I read, it is laced with what Iโฆ
Teenagers, Sass, and Life That Is Truly Life
“Are you going to help me or not?” I snapped at Daniel, our fifteen year-old-son. Heโd been asking for the past hour to go to a friendโs house. I kept dodging his request while also badgering him to enlist hisโฆ
Are We Teaching Our Kids to Bully?
I saw her coming, eyes flashing and surveying the crowded checkout lines. Her cart was full. Mine was too. I shifted my gaze to the lines as well. It was time to go and there was no way I wasโฆ
Solving a Childโs Big Spiritual Problem
As parents who care for our childrenโs spiritual well-being, we try to teach them right and wrong and help them tackle whatever spiritual problems they encounter. However, other than the fact that theyโre born into sin, it may well beโฆ
Managing Kids’ Anger – and Ours
We parents sometimes get it backwards. Our kid acts up and we get angry. We then tend to justify our anger saying, “I wouldn’t be angry if you didn’t act up.” This means that we’ve let our child be inโฆ