behavior

Falling into the Parent Trap

September 8, 2010

“The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.” -William Hazlitt (1778-1830), British author Hal’ Take: When kids are disrespectful, rude, or disobedient, we tend to lose our cool. We think that simply because we say something, our kids should do it and we get pretty [...]

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Growing Adults

June 16, 2010

“Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.” – Garrison Keillor Jenny’s Take: All the hard work that you pour into becoming a better parent is worth it. Every second. You [...]

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Are You falling for the Trantrum Trick?

May 26, 2010

“Home is the place where boys and girls first learn how to limit their wishes, abide by rules, and consider the rights and needs of others.” – Sidonie Gruenberg, author Jenny’s Take: I talked to a woman the other day who said to me, “I can’t tell my 6 year old son no. He throws [...]

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Endless Vacation or Productive Structure?

May 20, 2010

“A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.” – George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) ScreamFree Take: Kids will have you believe that they don’t enjoy structure. They will tell you – just as soon as they are able – that they want to sit around and play all day without having to do anything. [...]

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What is Your Child’s “Love Language”? -Joleen Watson, MS, NCC

May 3, 2010

One of our most recommended resources for parents and couples is The Five Love Languages series by Gary Chapman. We believe that it is essential for all relationships and families to feel safe, happy, fulfilled and secure, and in order to do this, we need to be aware of how we give and receive love. [...]

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Enter the “One Warning Zone” – Do you Dare?

February 11, 2010

Do you ever think you would like to end the repeating, multiple warnings to stop unwanted behavior or repeating directions to your children? What is stopping you? An interesting point of conversation was brought up the other night in my ScreamFree Parenting Teleseminar, by author Hal Runkel. What if you never gave two warnings EVER [...]

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The Power of Expectations

December 1, 2009

I have had the privilege over the past couple of weeks to get together on the phone with a wonderful group of moms during my ScreamFree Parenting for Busy Moms teleseminar. It has been the perfect balance of reviewing key principles as well as open discussion and sharing for all of us. During our call [...]

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