Positive Parenting Pep Talks: Recent Episodes
Debbie Godfrey
Start each day with a Positive Parenting Pep Talk by Debbie Godfrey.
This podcast is for parents that want to discipline their children without breaking their spirit.
Debbie will teach a new topic each day to give you ideas and inspiration to get your kids to behave better and make parenting more fun.
Debbie Godfrey, owner of Positive Parenting, creator of the Dial-A-Discipline, a tool to help you identify and redirect your child's misbehavior. To support the work of the Positive Parenting Podcast, donate, or purchase the Dial or the self directed online class at positiveparenting.com .
In this Positive Parenting pep Talks Podcast, I suggest an idea to prevent conflicts with your child. How many times does a situation escalate out of control before we even know what happened? To prevent the conflict, try stopping everything and just listening to your child and see what happens.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, I help a mom manage a conflict in her family.
This mom has taken the class and been practicing Positive Parenting for a couple years, and still sometime the answers don't come right away.
We brainstorm ways to understand and facilitate mom getting her self care time within the constrains of her family dynamic.
For more in depth education about how to redirect power struggles, you can take my online video class at Udemy.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, I help a mom brainstorm solutions to a revenge cycle.
This mom has taken the class and been practicing Positive Parenting for a couple years, and still sometime the answers don't come right away.
We brainstorm ways to deal with discipline when the power struggle turns into revenge.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, I help a mom brainstorm solutions to a power struggle.
This mom has taken the class and been practicing Positive Parenting for a couple years, and still sometime the answers don't come right away.
We brainstorm ways to more firmly handle power struggles when the talking, negotiating and flexibility aren't working.
For more in depth education about how to redirect power struggles, you can take my online video class at Udemy.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast is a recording of and interview I gave many years ago on the Happier Kids Now Online Expo. I wanted to share it with you because I was able to provide so many ideas for helping you to help your kids behave better.
I mentioned the Dial-A-Discipline Wheel that you can purchase here.
I talked about Power Struggles and have an online video class you can purchase for $12.99 here.
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In this episode:
- About my back ground and how I got started
- Why do kids Misbehave?
- Kids have need they are trying to get met through their behavior.
- Spend time with kids when they’re not misbehaving.
- How do you identify misbehavior?
- A systematic approach to misbehavior in your children.
- A misbehaving child is a discouraged child.
There are 4 mistaken goals of misbehavior:
- Attention
- Power
- Revenge
- Inadequacy
Dial-A-Discipline to help identify and correct misbehavior.
- Why do kids love to power struggle with us?
- What age do they learn to power struggle with us?
- What’re the 2 best ways to teach them not to power struggle with us?
- How do you get out of a power struggle?
- Why do kids always have to get the last word in?
- What is the high level communication tool you can role model for your children?
- What happens if your child is being hurtful or hateful?
- You need to know which discipline to use on which behavior.
- What is the child who is helpless, tired or says, “I Can’t”?
- What is the first thing to do when your child is being hurtful or hateful?
- How can you understand the behavior without taking it personally?
- Mirror back to your child the impact they are having on their world.
- An example of my daughter bing in the goal of revenge and how I handled it.
- Valuable insights into the goal of revenge.
- Looking at how adults model this behavior.
- Learn to redirect a child that is whining and saying, “I can’t!”
During the last 20 minutes, Deb offers parents specific help during Q&A.
If you want more in depth information about powers struggles and the other 3 goals go to Season 1 of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast.
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In today's Positive Parenting Pep Talks podcast, 2 parents share their success stories from the class. The first is a dad who is doing his best to maintain his progress with the class on not fall back into old habits. The second is a mom that came up with an I-message and logical consequence when her 5 year old forgets to use the washroom and has an accident.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will continue to learn about the systematic approach to discipline and behavior that I use in Positive Parenting. By understanding why your child is acting up, and identifying their mistaken goal, you can then have specific ways to discipline. You will learn about how to use a tool I created called, "Dial-A-Discipline."
In this episode, you will learn exactly what to do to discipline your child when he or she is whining or saying, "I can't!" In this mistaken goal, there are several simple ways to discipline, including breaking the task up into smaller steps and celebrating success and distracting them.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will continue to learn about the systematic approach to discipline and behavior that I use in Positive Parenting. By understanding why your child is acting up, and identifying their mistaken goal, you can then have specific ways to discipline. You will learn about how to use a tool I created called, "Dial-A-Discipline."
In this episode, you will learn exactly what to do to discipline your child when he or she is being hurtful, hateful or mean. The goal of revenge happens hen a child feels hurt and is taking it out on others around him.
You will learn important tools to use when navigating this goal, and also a few of my personal stories experiencing this goal with my children.
Here is a discount to take my comprehensive 1.5 hour class on effectively dealing with power struggles on the Udemy platform.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will continue to learn about the systematic approach to discipline and behavior that I use in Positive Parenting. By understanding why your child is acting up, and identifying their mistaken goal, you can then have specific ways to discipline. You will learn about how to use a tool I created called, "Dial-A-Discipline."
In this episode, you will learn exactly what to do to discipline your child when he or she is defying you or not listening to you. Power struggles happen every day in the home, and learning to discipline them effectively will create a much calmer, happier family home.
You will learn 2 key ideas to keep in mind before you discipline and then several ways to get out of power struggles.
Here is a discount to take my comprehensive 1.5 hour class on effectively dealing with power struggles on the Udemy platform.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will continue to learn about the systematic approach to discipline and behavior that I use in Positive Parenting. By understanding why your child is acting up, and identifying their mistaken goal, you can then have specific ways to discipline. You will learn about how to use a tool I created called, "Dial-A-Discipline."
In this episode, you will learn exactly what to do to discipline your child when he or she is interrupting you or annoying you (in an inappropriate way). I will teach you the 4 steps to follow when you get into these situations that are so frustrating. I also share a story about my (failed) effort to correct this behavior, and why it didn't work in that situation.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will continue to learn about the systematic approach to discipline and behavior that I use in Positive Parenting. By understanding why your child is acting up, and identifying their mistaken goal, you can then have specific ways to discipline. You will learn about how to use a tool I created called, "Dial-A-Discipline."
In this episode, I cover general pointers to keep in mind about identifying the 4 mistaken goals:
- Attention
- Power
- Revenge
- Inadequacy
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will learn about the systematic approach to discipline and behavior that I use in Positive Parenting. By understanding why your child is acting up, and identifying their mistaken goal, you can then have specific ways to discipline. You will learn about how to use a tool I created called, "Dial-A-Discipline."
In this episode, I have my friend, Stephanie, demonstrate each of the four goals by being my mother when I won't pick up my toys. In this way, you can experience the situation that most resonates with what your child does in similar circumstances.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, Jodi Womack is joining me to help me illustrate the four mistaken goals. Using an example of a child that won't get off the computer, you will learn to identify why your child is misbehaving.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, a mom shares her concern about not spanking for an important discipline challenge. I found our conversation to be fascinating and enlightening as this mom processed her reasons for spanking and then looked at alternatives to get a better result.
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A couple discusses the way they can handle conflicts with the children. Sometimes one parent can be a mediator and sometimes it’s better to simply support the other parent’s efforts.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk a dad talks about his process for learning to parent differently. Slow and consistent progress can be made with diligent effort and application. Communication is so important for all our relationships.
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What do you do when a child is really hard on herself? Whenever you need to give this child direction or discipline and she falls apart. Help her feel better about herself so she can receive direction without falling apart.
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Get your kids to respect your "no”.
How do you get your kids to respect you when you say no? If your child continues to pester you when you’ve set a limit, then you need to look more deeply at what the behavior is communicating. Handling feelings can help kids learn to handle disappointments in their life.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, a mom asks about if her child can choose regarding a medical decision. The short answer is "no".
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, a mom has a question about getting her teen out and doing things other than staying home alone on the computer.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, parents are concerned about their daughter staying up too late and constantly pushing the bedtime later and later.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, a mom talks about the way her son pitched a fit when he didn't get what he wanted. We talked about ways to help him feel seen heard and understood before helping him solve the problem.
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In this Positive Parenting pep Talk, I help a mom with ideas for what to do when one sibling starts punching the other. We discussed some ideas for how and when to intervene. We also covered teaching children to do a make-up when they have hurt their sibling.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, a mom asks about motivating her child with bribes. We discuss the downfall of using rewards or brining, and also the appropriate time and manner in which to use rewards. We also discuss a tool to change a stressful time of day.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, a mom asks for help getting her 7 year olds off the screen. It's no an easy task, but it's doable!
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, I answer an email question about a child's destructive behavior.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, a mom is struggling with what to do with her 6th grade son who is not putting effort into his schoolwork.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, I help a mom with a new plan for quiet time at Grandma's house.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks, you will learn how to know when to give your child attention and when to set limits on the attention seeking behavior. Learn specifically the best manner in which to set the limit on behavior.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, I begin by providing why GEMS and Taking care of yourself are two of the most important concepts in Positive Parenting.
We then transition to a mom's question about what to do when you want to spank your kids. You will benefit and gain insight through this discussion with a mom about why spanking for siblings hitting each other is so ineffective and what to do instead. How could you get excited about helping your kids resolved their conflicts and stop fighting? This episode is longer than usual and it's worthwhile to listen to the end.
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In this episode of Positive Parenting Pep Talks, a mom shares her frustration with her three year old having melt-downs. We talk about the causes of the escalation and the various points where an intervention could work to prevent the full blown tantrum. Other parents chime in with helpful suggestions.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, we discuss when one child interrupts and dominates a conversation. This question stumped me a first, but as we discussed the dynamics, it led to insight and ideas about what to do.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, parents asked about how to know when to intervene in kids fighting.
This discussion includes ideas for when to intervene, as well as how to encourage cooperation and discourage fighting.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, a couple voices their concerns over getting the children to school on time. When we (the parents) ned to be at work, our stress can often give the children a reason to drag their heelps about getting ready. In this episode, we discuss ideas for shifting the responsibility for getting out the door on time to the children.
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A mom wanted to be ready for the future, so we had a talk. In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, i share some of my experiences raising teenagers.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, a mom expresses her horror when her 4 year old repeats a word mom had said. We discuss the state of the situation and all the possibilities moving forward.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is a continuation of yesterday's episode. Today, we look at this same issue from the perspective of the step-parent. It's not easy when there are 2 vastly different perspectives and I think that we navigate the delicate issues involved in a grace filled way.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, we discuss how to encourage kids to get outside and be more active. It's much easier said than done! And the moms in this discussion give many great ideas for helping you if you want to encourage more physical activity in your children.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, I help a mom get her kids to listen better.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, I help a mom navigave how to teach her child to say "please" and "thank you." It's not always easy and we talk about the advantages and pitfalls to our different attempts to teach our children manners.
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This is my favorite 3-prong appraoch to getting my kids to listen in any situation.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, we look at each child’s unique personality to understand what they need. Using their unique nature and different learning styles to create harmony in the family.
I also mention the book, “Discover Your Child’s Learning Style” by Victoria Kindle Hodson and Mariaemma Willis.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk describes you can use Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to provide the appropriate discipline for your children.. A child must get their survival needs met before they can move up the hierarchy and interaction in a socially appropriate manner. Thank you for listening and subscribing to the Positive Parenting Pep Talks podcast. I would deeply appreciate your support by leaving us a review today. You can also Follow me on Instagram and share your favorite episodes and don’t forget to tag me! Do you need one on one coaching? Deb is available! Read more about purchasing a coaching session here and you can schedule a call with me now. I have time available in the evening and weekends for busy parents. Visit our website, PositiveParenting.com to discover more great ideas for disciplining your children without breaking their spirit.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk will describe the qualities of attachment when it occurs.
Attachment is such an important part of our job as parents, especially in the first two years of life.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Nagging and fault finding rarely held the child.
They will usually tune us out and won't learn from the natural consequences of their behavior.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Asking as child for blind obedience is usually rooted in our belief that we must maintain our parental authority at all cost.
Unfortunately, it doesn't usually work in the short term or long term.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Using punishment and rewards nearly always backfires.
One reason is that children feel themselves equal and therefore will rebel against and even respond in kind.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
When we tell our child to pull himself together, it actually makes them feel weaker, rather than making them stronger.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Extracting promises should be avoided.
It doesn't work for the result we have in mind and can even cause children to behave worse, rather than better.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk contains ideas for making your expectations clear.
When kids don't understand our directions, they don't do a very good job of the task or chore.
We need to make sure we are clear and take the time for training and to help them understand what we are asking them to do.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will give you my three-prong approach to get kids to listen to you.
When you communicate this way, by getting on their level, making eye contact and loving touch, you'll find they listen so much better.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about the idea of creating a sense of belonging in your children.
Family mottos and creating a sense of team in your family will facilitate this idea.
When kids feel they belong, the are very unlikely to be a risk for joining gangs or other negative situations they may get into from peer pressure.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will help you ask your child questions that teach them how to think about their misbehavior.
When you ask this question, you want to look for the recognition response, either a smile or giggle or simply a "yes".
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is a reminder to continue to do GEMS with your child every day.
A genuine encounter moment is when you give your child 100% attention and see the world through their eyes.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikurs book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
In today's world, we would call this reminding.
When we urge children to do things that should be monitored by them internally, we cause resistance and even harm.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikurs book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
When parents talk too much, the kids tune out and don't listen or learn.
It's so important to choose when to talk and choose words wisely.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikurs book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Parents that are apprehensive often over supervise their children.
This can cause problems because it robs the child of the opportunity to manage themselves and learn responsibility.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks inspired by Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Using fear to scare children into compliant behavior often backfires.
Much more beneficial is to help your child learn to assess and evaluate danger.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks inspired by Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Parents that are over cautious or anxious rob their children of the opportunity to learn responsibility and respect for things that are harmful and dangerous.
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On today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk Podcast, you will learn to create logical consequences when your child does not keep the screen time agreement.
Please go follow me on instagram, @positiveparentingdebbie and leave me your comments about screen time.
Share solutions that have worked for you, questions you have, and anything else you think will help this conversation be the most useful for parents.
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On today's Positive Parenting pep Talk Podcast, you'll learn how to create a screen time contract with your child.
I'd love this topic to evolve with your input and feedback.
Tomorrow, we'll look at logical consequences when your child does not keep the screen time agreement.
Please go follow me on instagram, @positiveparentingdebbie and leave me your comments about screen time.
Share solutions that have worked for you, questions you have, and anything else you think will help this conversation be the most useful for parents.
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Today on the Positive Parenting Pep Talk we'll talk about screen time.
Nothing gives parents more frustration than screen time.
Today I'll introduce the first place to start in order for you to begin to bring a sane way to deal with screens into your home.
I'd love this topic to evolve with your input and feedback.
Tomorrow, we'll look at making agreements and later in the week setting limits.
Please go follow me on instagram, @positiveparentingdebbie and leave me your comments about screen time.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk will give you a few tips on getting a pet. A pet is a great way for a child to learn responsibility.
It's important that you are willing to help the child learn to be responsible.
It doesn't happen overnight.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, I'll talk about more ways to help kids resolve conflict.
Whether you have kids that are fighting or an only child, you can use these ideas whenever there is conflict between your child and another.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, I'll talk about ways to help kids resolve conflict.
Whether you have kids that are fighting or an only child, you can use these ideas whenever there is conflict between your child and another.
Thank you for listening and subscribing to the Positive Parenting Pep Talks podcast.
I would deeply appreciate your support by leaving us a review today.
You can also Follow me on Instagramand share your favorite episodes and don’t forget to tag me!
Do you need one on one coaching? Deb is available! Read more about purchasing a coaching session here and you can schedule a call with me now. I have time available in the evening and weekends for busy parents.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, we'll look briefly at why kids fight.
Then I describe some of the thing we do that contribute to making the fighting worse.
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In February, I recorded a Positive Parenting Pep Talk about changing our discouraging messages. I've included the link here to review.
Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is a continuation of that topic.
Are you tired of telling your kids to “hurry up?” Have you ever told your kids to, “Stop whining?”
You don’t want to miss this Pep Talk today.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikurs book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Dreikurs was the first to talk about the idea of "Address the behavior, not the child."
This topic talks about that and the results when children don't feel liked or loved.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
This topic in the book seemed mostly outdated and regarding inappropriate affection and attention.
However, I found the comments he made about the results of excessive affection toward children to be similar to when we pamper our children.
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I am so sad. I am so outraged. I am tired of the same old story. These sweet babies are gone. We must not allow it to be in vain.
Please contact your senators and representatives and ask them to pass common sense gun laws.
Contact your senator by zip code.
Contact your representative by zip code.
This is what I said, you can use your own words. "I am very concerned that the senate has not voted on The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, H.R. 8 and The enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021, H.R. 1446. I strongly encourage you (name the senator here if you are speaking with staff or in an email) to support the vote and the passage of these two acts. It's not enough, but it's a start.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Dreikur's talks about lovelessness as an attitude by the parent that creates a feeling in the child of not being liked or loved.
When a child is raised in this way, they have a very difficult time with socialization.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Today's is part five of five on the discussion about the dangers of spoiling a child.
I love the way this information is still so relevant today!
Thank you for listening and subscribing to the Positive Parenting Pep Talks podcast.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Today's is part one of five on the discussion about the dangers of spoiling a child.
I love the way this information is still so relevant today!
Thank you for listening and subscribing to the Positive Parenting Pep Talks podcast.
I would deeply appreciate your support by leaving us a review today.
You can also Follow me on Instagramand share your favorite episodes and don’t forget to tag me!
Do you need one on one coaching? Deb is available! Read more about purchasing a coaching session here and you can schedule a call with me now. I have time available in the evening and weekends for busy parents.
Visit our website, PositiveParenting.comto discover more great ideas for disciplining your children without breaking their spirit.
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/positiveparenting/message
This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Today's is part three of five on the discussion about the dangers of spoiling a child. I love the way this information is still so relevant today!
Thank you for listening and subscribing to the Positive Parenting Pep Talks podcast.
I would deeply appreciate your support by leaving us a review today.
You can also Follow me on Instagramand share your favorite episodes and don’t forget to tag me!
Do you need one on one coaching? Deb is available! Read more about purchasing a coaching session here and you can schedule a call with me now. I have time available in the evening and weekends for busy parents.
Visit our website, PositiveParenting.comto discover more great ideas for disciplining your children without breaking their spirit.
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/positiveparenting/message
This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Today's is part two of five on the discussion about the dangers of spoiling a child.
I love the way this information is still so relevant today!
Thank you for listening and subscribing to the Positive Parenting Pep Talks podcast.
I would deeply appreciate your support by leaving us a review today.
You can also Follow me on Instagramand share your favorite episodes and don’t forget to tag me!
Do you need one on one coaching? Deb is available! Read more about purchasing a coaching session here and you can schedule a call with me now. I have time available in the evening and weekends for busy parents.
Visit our website, PositiveParenting.comto discover more great ideas for disciplining your children without breaking their spirit.
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/positiveparenting/message
This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talks from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Today's is part one of five on the discussion about the dangers of spoiling a child.
I love the way this information is still so relevant today!
Thank you for listening and subscribing to the Positive Parenting Pep Talks podcast.
I would deeply appreciate your support by leaving us a review today.
You can also Follow me on Instagramand share your favorite episodes and don’t forget to tag me!
Do you need one on one coaching? Deb is available! Read more about purchasing a coaching session here and you can schedule a call with me now. I have time available in the evening and weekends for busy parents.
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This is the next in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talk's from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Today's the discussion is about the errors that undermine our parenting.
The general idea is not to fight and not to give in.
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This is the first in a series of Positive Parenting Pep Talk's from Dreikur's book, "The Challenge of Parenthood."
In this series, I am using ideas from the book, written in 1948, and putting a modern day perspective to the topic.
Today's the discussion is an introduction to the ideas of figuring out what not to do and yet still not become discouraged.
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This is the third of three Positive Parenting Pep Talk's regarding attachment and bonding.
Today's the discussion is about some of the things you can do to heal a bonding disruption.
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This is the second of three Positive Parenting Pep Talk's regarding attachment and bonding.
Today's the discussion continues about some of the things that can set up a bonding disruption.
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This is the first of three Positive Parenting Pep Talks regarding attachment and bonding.
Early brain development is driven by a child's early experiences.
I'll talk about some of the things that can set up a bonding disruption.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about relating to your child.
If you can figure out your child's talent, unique gift, it will help you to connect to your child at his/her level.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk will encourage you not to do too much for your child.
Kids need to have power, so if you can give them ways to be powerful, they will behave much better that if you do everything for them.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about seeing the situation from your child's perspective.
Kids have so little say in their life and decisions. Learn to be compassionate about their perspective.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about how a child's personality develops according to their birth order.
In today's talk, I explain what you can do with each birth order to enhance some of the positive traits and lessen some of the negative traits that may develop.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about how a child's personality develops according to their birth order.
In today's talk, I explain the characteristics according to each birth order: oldest, second middle, youngest, only.
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In this episode I give you an example of how natural consequences teach.
In fact, natural consequences are the best teachers of children.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk I share an example of a logical consequence.
This is an example of how we generated a logical consequence when Michael was name-calling.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, I reference the book, Children, The Challenge” by Rudolf Dreikurs.
He talks about the anxious parents creating anxious children and how to get out of that generational cycle.
I give an example from my own children to illustrate.
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When my kids say “no” it makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, I will help you see a wider viewpoint of children saying no.
And I will then offer you a practical tool for responding when kids say no.
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Nothing is worse than being undermined by the other parent.
In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk you will learn my suggested idea for bringing couples on the same page in parenting.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk I’ll give you tips on shopping with kids.
Shopping can be so miserable and these ideas will help you enjoy shopping with your kids.
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Today’s Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about appreciating your child.
So much focus is spent on outside distractions and influences.
One way to keep a strong relationship and connection over time is to love and appreciate your child right where they are.
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Do you want your kids to contribute and be generous?
In the Positive Parenting Pep Talk today, you will learn ideas to inspire them to make a contribution.
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In the Positive Parenting Pep Talk today, you will learn how to set a temporary limit. This will be a tool you can use when you aren’t able to do a GEM.
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Genuine Encounter Moments (GEMS) are perhaps the most important parenting tool you can learn. In today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk, you will learn that they were first discussed, in a book called "Your Child's Self-esteem" by Dorothy Briggs. You will learn how to do a GEMS and how often.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk today, you will learn a tip for building your child's self-esteem in a fun and empowering way.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is an introduction as to why I created these recordings, how to use them, and an example of a great way to create a better routine.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk share a reflective exercise to discover patterns.
If you are having fights with your child, this is a way to brainstorm a different way to respond.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, you will learn key ideas to set you and your children up for a successful morning routine.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk I discuss winning your child's cooperation.
While it may be easier to just make them do it, by winning their cooperation, you build self-esteem and correct their misbehavior.
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In Positive Parenting Pep Talk I read another essay from Robert Fulghum's book, "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in kindergarten."
This story is about yelling and its effects.
I found it helpful to remind me not to yell at my kids.
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In Positive Parenting Pep Talk I read an essay from Robert Fulghum's book, "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in kindergarten".
This story inspired the title and I love the simple wisdom it provided for my family.
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For today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk I share a couple of success stories from class.
One is from a mom that redirected the goal of inadequacy.
The other success story is from a mom working on getting her daughter to mow the lawn.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is part four of four on dealing with temper tantrums.
Today I talk about the tantrums that happen when a child is feeling frustrated.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is part three of four on dealing with temper tantrums.
Today I talk about the tantrums that come from a child feeling powerless.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is part two of four on dealing with temper tantrums.
Today I talk about the tantrums that come from hypersensitivity.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is part one of four on dealing with temper tantrums.
There are 7 reason whys kids tantrum, today I'll tell you about the first 3, fatigue, hunger, and illness.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk contains information about setting your intention to get results.
So many times, we make a plan for how to handle future misbehavior, and then our child never does that behavior again.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk I describe how and why I changed my routine over mealtime.
Keeping the peace between parenting partners is more important than how you parent!
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk you will learn ways to avoid battles over food.
Finding ways to avoid food battles is important so that we don't contribute to creating eating disorders in our kids.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk I describe how I taught my kids I mean what I say.
We threaten way too much without follow through. Have a trip designed just for the purpose of showing your kids you mean it! Thank you for listening and subscribing to the Positive Parenting Pep Talks podcast. I would deeply appreciate your support by leaving us a review today. You can also Follow me on Instagram and share your favorite episodes and don’t forget to tag me! Do you need one on one coaching? Deb is available! Read more about purchasing a coaching session here and you can schedule a call with me now. I have time available in the evening and weekends for busy parents. Visit our website, PositiveParenting.com to discover more great ideas for disciplining your children without breaking their spirit.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk will give you suggestions for what to do if your kids start acting up at the grocery store.
Often we feel pressured because of the looks strangers give us when our kids are misbehaving.
These alternatives will give you ideas of what to do instead.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is the fourth of four Positive Parenting Pep Talks helping your children cope with change or transition.
Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is an activity.
It will help you discover in what areas you need boundaries with your children.
Please take out a sheet of paper to proceed with this Positive Parenting Pep Talk.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is the third of four Positive Parenting Pep Talks helping your children cope with change or transition.
Here are the steps for resolving conflicts:
- Tell your child you want to problem solve and as permission to work the problem out.
- State the problem simply and clearly as possible.
- Share how you feel and ask for what you want using an "I" statement.
- Ask your child to share how he feels and what he wants.
- Together on a piece of paper, make a list of possible solutions.
- Give your child the list first and let him cross out anything he doesn't like. Then cross out anything on the list you don't like.
- Pick one of the suggestions or a combination of suggestions as a solution.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is the second of four Positive Parenting Pep Talks helping your children cope with change or transition.
Today continues to talk about factors to take into account no matter the transition.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is the first of four Positive Parenting Pep Talks helping your children cope with change or transition.
Kids face many transitions including moving, going to a new school, death, divorce and more.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk will describe how to make love bags, or love boxes, also called self-esteem bags.
This is a creative way to have a family project that will continue to provide family connection.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk discusses the results of competition and cooperation in the family.
Competition fosters negative feelings and behaviors in a family.
Cooperation breeds good feelings and trust.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk gives you the format for using an "I" message.
I feel________when you________________________ because____________________________I would like_____________________________________.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk offers ideas giving yourself energy when you feel you have nothing left.
Sometimes it just isn't possible to get someone else to take over and we have to be able to keep ourselves together so we don't lose it with our kids.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk offers ideas for what to do instead of yelling.
No parent likes to yell at their kids.
It helps to have a plan of ideas for ways you can respond to the situation without yelling.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk teaches you the importance of touch to your child's brain development and to communicating.
Touch is key to a child's brain development. It's always helpful to touch your child in a loving way when communicating.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk gives you a place to start for what to do instead of punishment.
If punishing is causing a child to be externally motivated, what can you do instead? Providing a positive time out is a great place to start.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk relates Alfie Kohn's ideas on the results of punishment.
Does punishing a child cause them to behave better? Does it teach them to be responsible, respectful people?
The quote I share is from Alfie Kohn's Book, Punished By Rewards.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk will give you my suggestions for what to do instead of rewards.
What can you say instead of, "If you do this, you'll get that"?
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about the effects of using a reward system for parenting.
What parents don't realize is that rewards do very little to create responsible caring children.
The quote I share is from Alfie Kohn's Book, Punished By Rewards.
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The best way to prevent your kids from getting off track is to create a strong sense of belonging in your family.
Family work is one idea for doing just that.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about responding in an obvious way.
So often we make parenting more complicated than it needs to be.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about discovering ideas for creating teamwork and fun in your family.
Here are some ideas to ways to keep the fun going in your family.
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For today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk I share some experiences I had with a friend's kids on a drive to Malibu.
Sometimes it can help to see your child through the eyes of another, to get out of the routine thinking that leads to stress and frustration.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk you will learn more about the goal of inadequacy. This is the goal where the child is whining, giving up or saying, “I can’t!”
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk you will learn more about the goal of inadequacy. This is the goal where the child is whining, giving up or saying, “I can’t!”
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk completes the ideas about redirecting the goal of revenge.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk continues with ideas about redirecting the goal of revenge.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk continues with ideas about redirecting the goal of revenge.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk continues with ideas about redirecting the goal of revenge.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk will give you a refresher about the goal of revenge and understanding why a child may be behaving in a hurtful or hateful manner. You will also learn the first and most important response to this behavior
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast you will learn how using a signal in those recurring power struggles.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast you will learn how to get off your position and hear what your child has to say without losing your parental authority.
I created a tool called, "Dial-A-Discipline".Dial-A-Discipline is a wheel that you can use to identify and correct your child's misbehavior. The dial comes with a one hour audio (MP3 download) tutorial with your purchase.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast , you will learn how to use win-win negotiation to solve a power struggle battle with your child.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast I explained how you can divert the power struggle by doing something unexpected.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will learn why offering choice works particularly good with power struggles.
You will learn specific ways to offer choices to your child to get out of a power struggle.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will learn how to teach your child to say “no” respectfully to get out of a power struggle.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will learn how to give your child a useful way to be powerful to get out of a power struggle.
I created a tool called, "Dial-A-Discipline".Dial-A-Discipline is a wheel that you can use to identify and correct your child's misbehavior. The dial comes with a one hour audio (MP3 download) tutorial with your purchase.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will learn how to use loving guidance to get out of a power struggle.
I created a tool called, "Dial-A-Discipline".Dial-A-Discipline is a wheel that you can use to identify and correct your child's misbehavior. The dial comes with a one hour audio (MP3 download) tutorial with your purchase.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will learn one of the most important concepts in Positive Parenting. This idea of being kind and firm is necessary for dealing with power struggles and all behavior.
I created a tool called, "Dial-A-Discipline".Dial-A-Discipline is a wheel that you can use to identify and correct your child's misbehavior. The dial comes with a one hour audio (MP3 download) tutorial with your purchase.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, you will learn the first thing you need to do to get out of a power struggle with your child.
I created a tool called, "Dial-A-Discipline".Dial-A-Discipline is a wheel that you can use to identify and correct your child's misbehavior. The dial comes with a one hour audio (MP3 download) tutorial with your purchase.
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In this episode of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast, I’ll give you tips for responding to the mistaken goal of attention.
What is your child seeking when they keep interrupting you?
What is their behavior telling you?
How can you respond in a more effective way?
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How do you redirect attention? Why does ignoring the behavior make it worse?
Learn the 4 steps to redirect attention successfully.
Example of them interrupting you when you’re on the phone or busy in the kitchen or talking to a friend or a teacher.
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Learn more pointers about identifying the 4 mistaken goals, and why you need to use your feelings rather than their misbehavior.
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I this Positive Parenting Pep Talk I give you more insight into how the children cycle through these goals.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will give you some ideas for how to identify when your child is in the goal of inadequacy.
I created a tool called, "Dial-A-Discipline". Dial-A-Discipline is a wheel that you can use to identify the 4 goals and correct your child's misbehavior. The dial comes with a one hour audio (MP3 download) tutorial with your purchase.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will give you some ideas for how to identify when your child is in the goal of revenge.
I created a tool called, "Dial-A-Discipline".Dial-A-Discipline is a wheel that you can use to identify and correct your child's misbehavior. The dial comes with a one hour audio (MP3 download) tutorial with your purchase.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will give you some ideas for how to identify when your child is in the goal of power.
I created a tool called, "Dial-A-Discipline".Dial-A-Discipline is a wheel that you can use to identify and correct your child's misbehavior. The dial comes with a one hour audio (MP3 download) tutorial with your purchase.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will give you some ideas for how to identify when your child is in the goal of undue attention.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will give you to tools to identify the 4 mistaken goals.
Use your feelings to identify your child's mistaken goal.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will introduce you to the 4 mistaken goals.
- Attention (to keep you busy or get special service)
- Power (to be the boss)
- Revenge (to get even)
- Inadequacy (to give up and be left alone)
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will help you look at misbehavior as an opportunity to teach your child something they need to learn.
Children are not born with communication skills. We need to teach them. Start looking for ways to be valuable to your child when he misbehaves.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will encourage you to observe your child's behavior and determine what need they are trying to meet.
All of us get our needs met through our behavior. Those needs are to feel:
- Loved
- Valuable
- Powerful
- Like they have a place
- Special
- To experiment and explore
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk contains 3 success stories from parents in a recent parenting class.
Child learns self-control, mom redirects kids fighting and little boy is redirected from a meltdown.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk conveys the idea of creating an emotional bank account between you and your child.
When you have a full bank account, the kids are more patient and better behaved. If that bank account is empty, kids may have meltdowns.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will encourage you to never give up.
Sometimes our kids misbehavior can discourage us to the point of wanting to give up. However, there are always ways to "throw a monkey wrench" into a situation that is driving us crazy.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about teaching your kids to set boundaries.
It is important for your kids to comply with authority (yours!), but it is also important that they can say no to an authority if it's necessary.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will give you some ideas for helping your children learn about making mistakes.
Children learn how to handle their mistakes by your response to them. Make it a good lesson!
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk contains a new philosophy for disciplining your child.
In the past, we disciplined kids and then told them we loved them. Let's do it in reverse!
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will teach you how to make your child a good follower by supporting their lead.
By putting your child in a leadership position, you will show them what it feels like to be supported. Then they can become good followers.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is regarding teaching kids to discipline themselves.
You want your kids to be able to make decisions and monitor themselves by the time they are in high school. This Positive Parenting Pep Talk will help you get started now.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about the temperament trait sensitivity.
On one end of the continuum is a child that has low sensitivity, and on the other end is a child that is highly sensitive.
Learn the clues to look for to figure out where your child is on the continuum, and where you are as well.
Learn tips and best practices different scenarios--when you and your child have similar temperament and when you have opposite (this is where many parent-child clashes occur).
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about the temperament trait regularity.
On one end of the continuum is a child that is predictable, and on the other end is a child that is irregular.
Learn the clues to look for to figure out where your child is on the continuum, and where you are as well.
Learn tips and best practices different scenarios--when you and your child have similar temperament and when you have opposite (this is where many parent-child clashes occur).
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about the temperament trait mood.
On one end of the continuum is a child that is sunny, and on the other end is a child that is somber.
Learn the clues to look for to figure out where your child is on the continuum, and where you are as well.
Learn tips and best practices different scenarios--when you and your child have similar temperament and when you have opposite (this is where many parent-child clashes occur).
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about the temperament trait Intensity of emotions.
On one end of the continuum is a child that mellow, and on the other end is a child that is dramatic.
Learn the clues to look for to figure out where your child is on the continuum, and where you are as well.
Learn tips and best practices different scenarios--when you and your child have similar temperament and when you have opposite (this is where many parent-child clashes occur).
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about the temperament trait Frustration reaction.
On one end of the continuum is a child that has a persistent reaction to frustration, and on the other end is a child that is easily discouraged or frustrated.
Learn the clues to look for to figure out where your child is on the continuum, and where you are as well.
Learn tips and best practices different scenarios--when you and your child have similar temperament and when you have opposite (this is where many parent-child clashes occur).
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about the temperament trait Approach to new things.
On one end of the continuum is a child that has high approach to new things, and on the other end is a child that has a cautious approach to new things.
Learn the clues to look for to figure out where your child is on the continuum, and where you are as well.
Learn tips and best practices different scenarios--when you and your child have similar temperament and when you have opposite (this is where many parent-child clashes occur).
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about the temperament trait Adaptability.
On one end of the continuum is a child that has high adaptability, and on the other end is a child that has low adaptability.
Learn the clues to look for to figure out where your child is on the continuum, and where you are as well.
Learn tips and best practices different scenarios--when you and your child have similar temperament and when you have opposite (this is where many parent-child clashes occur).
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about the temperament trait Activity Level.
On one end of the continuum is a child that is low energy, and on the other end is a child that is high energy.
In this episode, you will learn what to expect when you have the same activity level as your child and what to expect when you and your child have different activity levels.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is an introduction to your child's inborn temperament. Both you and your child fall somewhere on a continuum in each of the temperament traits. In this episode, I distinguish personality and temperament.
The next eight Positive Parenting Pep Talks, will explain each trait and how your child may behave. You will then be given examples of what happens when you both are the same end of the continuum and when you are on opposite sides of the continuum. Where is your child's temperament on this continuum? Where is yours?
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk has some thoughts for teaching your child the value of earning.
If you want your child to have a "prosperity consciousness" rather than a "lack consciousness", these ideas can assist.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is part three of three on understanding and dealing with kids fighting.
Kids fighting can often drive parents crazy. This series offers suggestions on getting through the conflict more effectively.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is part two of three on understanding and dealing with kids fighting.
Kids fighting can often drive parents crazy. This series offers suggestions on getting through the conflict more effectively.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is part one of three on understanding and dealing with kids fighting.
Kids fighting can often drive parents crazy. This series offers suggestions on getting through the conflict more effectively.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk offers some insights into the goals of revenge and inadequacy.
This talk offers an understanding the child's needs and what you can do to help them in each of these goals.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk offers some insights into the goals of (undue) attention and power.
This talk offers an understanding the child's needs and what you can do to help them in each of these goals.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is the fourth of four dealing with different types of parenting styles.
If you are this style, what are your assets? What are your liabilities? Most important, what are the things you can practice to be a more effective parent.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is the third of four dealing with different types of parenting styles.
If you are this style, what are your assets? What are your liabilities? Most important, what are the things you can practice to be a more effective parent.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is the second of four dealing with different types of parenting styles.
If you are this style, what are your assets? What are your liabilities? Most important, what are the things you can practice to be a more effective parent.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is the first of four dealing with different types of parenting styles.
If you are this style, what are your assets? What are your liabilities? Most important, what are the things you can practice to be a more effective parent.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk teaches you how to respond effectively.
So often kids learn how long it takes until they can change our minds, wear us out, or break us down.
Learning how to respond like a broken record will teach them you mean what you say and are consistent.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk provides questions you can ask your kids to teach them how to think.
We know the answers, our job as parents is to lead our kids into discovering the answers on their own.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk contains three success stories.
Fighting in the car, fighting over coming to the dinner table and hurting mom, all with creative solutions.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk encourages you to take care of your needs as a democratic parent.
Taking care of your needs as opposed to sacrificing is one of the best ways to role model a democratic ideal.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk explains the difference between autocratic and democratic parenting.
When you understand the long range out come of different parenting styles, it helps make decision about how you would like to parent your children.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is a continuation of yesterday's conversation about things to think about when screening your kid's friends.
What do you do when your child's friend is not the best influence?
Maybe there is more going on here than you realize.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk offers some things to think about when screening your kid's friends.
It's a good idea to know who your kids friends are and meet their parents.
But what do you do when your child's friend is not the best influence?
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about what to do when a child says 'I hate you".
Understanding why children say this and how to respond can keep your relationship close and connected.
Sometimes we need to be better role models of the behavior we want. This story will inspire us to do that.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about what to do when a child says 'I hate you".
Understanding why children say this and how to respond can keep your relationship close and connected.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk will encourage you to have faith in your kids and just how capable they are.
Allow your children to amaze you with how brilliant they are!
The way in which you handle discipline situations now will set the tone for later when they are teenagers and the issues become more serious.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk contains ideas for encouraging your kids.
Praising can often lead children to be “externally motivated" rather than "internally motivated".
These ideas will help create internally motivated children.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk dealing with understanding and handling ambivalence.
This behavior can drive parents crazy until understanding what is happening and how to manage it.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is a continuation of the discussion about what to do when you and your spouse disagree.
When you and your spouse disagree, there are more effective ways to handle those disagreements in front of the kids.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about what to do when you and your spouse disagree.
It is more important to support each other's parenting than to parent "right".
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is regarding birth order and how your child's birth order affects their personality development.
Knowing the typical development patterns can help you enhance the positive aspects of your child's birth order and minimize the challenging aspects.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is a message to be kind to yourself.
Being self-critical or discouraging yourself only makes the situation more difficult.
It also role-models for the children to be harsh on themselves.
Be kind to yourself instead!
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk contains several ideas to use in different situations.
When you encounter a discipline situation today, try to use one of these tips.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is a continuation of the conversation about creating a routine for nap time.
Quiet time can be a great way to get through the day with less fighting and more fun times.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about creating a routine for nap time.
It is helpful to call nap time "Quiet Time" instead.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk offers you some ideas of what to do instead of yelling.
Yelling discourages kids and makes us feel bad.
Today is a good day to try something different.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is more about encouraging your kids.
I think we can always try to tell our kids the things we love about them more.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk is a little story I like to remember that helps me when my kids are misbehaving.
Sometimes we need to be better role models of the behavior we want.
This story will inspire us to do that.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about one idea for getting out of a power struggle with your child.
This idea corrects the misbehavior and at the same time builds your child's self-esteem. When a child has more self-esteem, he or she will power struggle with you less.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about creating a relationship with your child's teacher.
It is so important that you be an advocate for your child throughout their school years. You can do this most effectively when you have a relationship with the teacher.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk concerns discouraging messages we can send our children.
I give a couple of examples of phrases we use often that can discourage kids and how to say them in an encouraging way instead.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk is about alternative ways to prevent power struggles that happen when kids don't get what they want.
It's OK to say no if that is the final answer, but this is a great alternative to leave them with something to feel good about if that is a possibility.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk will give you ideas for using what your child is good at as a discipline tool.
Your child's talent is a fun and effective way to correct their misbehavior and build their self esteem.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk will give you ideas for lessening the battles about food and at mealtime.
Unless a doctor is concerned about your child being under weight, you don't have to make sure they eat everything on their plate.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk will encourage you to drive safely. If your kids are fighting and screaming in the car, it is unsafe for you to drive.
Use these ideas to set boundaries for car behavior. Your kids will learn you mean what you say.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk will give you ideas for teaching children to own their schoolwork.
If your children feel personally responsible for their schoolwork in elementary school, that will usually carry them through junior high and high school.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk explains about writing notes to your children.
This is a great way to enhance the communication between you and your child(ren).
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk will give you ideas for dealing with children's feelings.
Teaching children how to distinguish their feelings is one of the most important jobs you have as a parent.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk is part three of three about handling backtalk. This information is from a book called, "Backtalk - 4 Steps to Ending Rude Behavior in Kids".
Today is about step three and four. Enact the consequence and detach.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk is part two of three about handling backtalk. This information is from a book called, "Backtalk - 4 Steps to Ending Rude Behavior in Kids".
Today is about step one and two. Recognize backtalk and choose a consequence.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk is part one of three about handling backtalk. This information is from a book called, "Backtalk - 4 Steps to Ending Rude Behavior in Kids".
The first step is to get a sense of what is and is not backtalk.
The next two pep talks will cover the 4 steps.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk helps you improve your parenting skills.
When you have a process for evaluating your parenting, it makes everyday situations meaningful.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk reminds you to have fun.
So often we forget to smile and have fun with our kids. For today, have fun with your kids!
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk is about why and when it is OK to be inconsistent.
You want to have fun and be able to be flexible occasionally, and you can!
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk is about why it is important to be consistent.
Being consistent with love, compassion and empathy helps you have more parental authority.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk encourages you to ask your kids for help.
Asking your kids for help builds their self-esteem and makes your life easier in the long run.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk is a great insight from a dad about keeping your relationship a priority over discipline.
It is important to discipline and teach your children well, but the everyday battles are not worth damaging our relationship.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk is about helping mediate fights.
Being a mediator rather than judge, jury and executioner is a more rewarding way to manage their fighting.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk contains a guided visualization. It would be best to listen when you are in a quiet place.
Use this PEP Talk when you need to have a fresh perspective with your child.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk will coach your to keep your "emotional bank account" with your child full.
What are the things that take money out of the emotional bank account?
Find ways to increase the deposits and you will find a calmer and more connected relationship with your child.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk was inspired by a call from my daughter, Briana.
She reminded me about how we decided to alter the schedule to make family a priority.
Finding ways to show your children how important family is to you is key to have a close, connected family.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk contains two success stories from parents.
The first one is about empowering a child to help with dinner and the second is about dealing with kids fighting.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk will give you 2 solid ideas for handling whining.
Often kids whine when they feel sorry for themselves or feel like they "can't".
Learn a new and fun way to handle the whining.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk will give you several ideas for getting kids to clean up their rooms.
Room cleaning can be fun, but remember to have age appropriate expectations.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk will assist you with ideas for creating a bedtime routine.
With a consistent routine, many of the bedtime battles will disappear.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk will help you get better results when you ask your kids to do something.
This pep talk explains what happens when you say "Don't ______". Then you will learn what to say instead.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk is about helping kids be successful by giving them clear directions.
We often assume they understand what we want, but they probably don't! This pep talk will give you suggestions for making sure you are clear and specific.
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Family BondingToday's Positive Parenting PEP Talk provides you with 3 ideas for bonding as a family.
You will learn how to find out about a child's day and how to create empathy in your child through how you communicate.
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In this Positive Parenting Pep Talk, you will learn an alternative to telling your child, "You're not old enough yet!"
Why? Because this statement often sets off a power struggles.
Listen to this excerpt from the Positive Parenting Class for an encouraging alternative to this discouraging phrase.
I include an example using with a toddler as well as a teenager.
Enjoy!
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk is about saying no to your kids.
Kids need to hear no and you don't need to explain yourself! It also helps if you take the time to consider whether you may actually want to say yes to their request.
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This Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about creating a sense of team in your family.
You will learn ideas for bringing your family together as a team.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk goes into more detail about lying.
As kids get older, they can learn to lie to get away with things or to push our buttons. I give you two examples with my own kids.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk is about lying.
When kids are young, they often don't know they are "lying". Our response when their words are not true is key to what they learn about lying.
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This Positive Parenting PEP Talk is and idea for how to handle chores and allowances.
This is one philosophy for dealing with chores and allowances in a way that creates a sense of belonging and minimizes power struggles.
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Today's Positive Parenting PEP Talk is about teaching children ways to manage their anger.
There are things we can do with our children to teach them how to manage angry feelings and actions.
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Learn more about using Positive Parenting to implement Natural Consequences.
There are four circumstances where you do not want to use natural consequences.
Learn what the exceptions are and why.
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Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talk is about natural consequences.
Why should a parent use natural consequences?
What are the three guidelines in order for natural consequences to work effectively?
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What did it mean if your parents said there was a family meeting?
Usually it meant someone was in trouble.
Learn the Positive Parenting way to implement family meetings to create a closer family bond.
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What is your family's mission?
This Positive Parenting Pep Talk will help you learn to figure out your family mission.
This idea will help your family feel more close and connected.
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When you take care of yourself, you have more patience.
When you take care of yourself, you are more likely to parent effectively.
Learn ideas for taking care of yourself.
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Don't ever give up!
Keep yourself encouraged.
Deb gives you ideas to evaluate yourself in a reasonable way.
And what to do when you are critical of yourself.
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In this episode, Deb will give you several tips in order to teach your child responsibility.
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In this episode, Deb give parents some pointers for children having a cell phone.
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In this episode, Deb talks about the trap of treating children equally.
She shares stories of her attempts with her own children.
She then offers an alternative, to treat each child uniquely, rather than equally.
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