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Discipline

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

February 11, 2010
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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 again?  [...]

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Positive Parenting: Utilizing Discipline to Teach by Natalie Chandler, MA, LMHC

February 8, 2010
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When we hear the word “discipline” we generally think of punishment. However, it is important to remember that discipline is really about teaching. The word disciple comes from the word discipline. When you think of Jesus’ disciples, they were people trying to learn from Him so they could go out and teach and spread the [...]

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The Power of Expectations

December 1, 2009
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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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Are you “Spanking” your kids and not knowing it?

October 26, 2009
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From Screamfree Parenting, by Hal Runkel
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. ”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
A recent New York Times article posed this theory: Yelling is this parenting generation’s spanking. While most of us agree that we don’t want to discipline our children harshly and with impunity, [...]

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A Muddy Soccer Field, an Ark and Parenting

October 19, 2009
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Yesterday my youngest son played soccer, nothing unusual for a Saturday in the Pacific Northwest.   What was a little unusual was that we were playing in a constant downpour.    Now living in Seattle we are used to playing soccer in the rain, in fact it is just part of the deal when you [...]

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