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Parenting Tips

3 Basic Rules Three Basic Family Rules
4 Steps to Include the Heart The Real Issues are Harder to See
A Practical Way to Teach Values
Accepting No Accepting No as an Answer
Accepting No Accepting No as an Answer 2
Action Point - Why It Works What is Your Action Point?
Add Structure to Giving Instructions Giving Instructions
Affirming Affirming
Anger Causes Understanding Why We Get Angry
Anger Confuses Correction Anger Confuses Correction
Anger is Good Anger is Good
Anger Plan for Kids Resolving Anger Doesn't Require Venting
Anger Tips for Kids Some Tips for Dealing With Anger in Kids
Approximately Right" "Approximately Right" is Worth a Compliment
Attitudes Have 3 Parts Understanding Attitudes and How To Change Them
Attitudes Run Deep Some Attitudes Run Pretty Deep
Automatic Responses Bad Attitudes are Automatic Responses
Badgering Badgering
Balance in Instruction Giving When Children Resist Instructions
The Bathroom The Bathroom is a Classroom
Be Careful How You Help Be Careful How You Help
Be Firm Without Being Harsh Be Firm Without Being Harsh
Bed Times Bed times Help Develop Self Discipline
Boasting Look Out for Boasting
Building a Tape Building a Tape in Their Heads
Caring is Key Does My Child Really Want Advice?
Challenging Kids Need Structure Some Kids are Just Challenging
Can We Value Family Too Much?
Changing Your Mind Should You Change Your Mind?
Check Points Dealing With Morning Dawdling
Children Outgrow Rules Children Outgrow Rules But Not Values
Christmas Generosity Christmas Generosity
Christmas Servants Servanthood at Christmas Time
A Clear Warning The Benefit of a Clear Warning
Come When Called When Young Children Run the Other Way
Commitments Commitments Develop in the Heart
Common sense about the movies your children watch Your Trusted Source For Family Reviews
Common Question The Most Common Parenting Question of All
Completing a Craft or Project
Compliance versus Obedience
Confession The Value of Confession
Connecting Emotionally
Consider the Timing When Giving Instructions, Consider the Timing
Cost vs Value Cost Vs Value
Crisis Phone Calls" Single Parenting Tip: Teach Children How to Handle "Crisis" Phone Calls
Dealing with Self-Centeredness When Kids are Self-Centered
Debriefing Debriefing After Correction Times
Decision Making Teach Through Decision Making
Defiance or Impulsivity? Defiance or Impulsivity?
Define Heart Change How Do You Define a Change of Heart?
Demand/Desire/Wish A Demand, A Desire, and A Wish
Demandingness The Problem of Demandingness
Desire and Temptation Desire and Temptation
Devotion: Caught By Words
Doing More Teach Kids To Do More
Don't Be Afraid of Emotions When Children React with Anger
Don't Be Afraid to Say No Don't Be Afraid to Say No
Emotions Helping Kids Deal with Emotions
Empathy Be Firm but Express Empathy
Enjoying Your Child's World Enjoying Your Child's World
Envision a Positive Future Envision a Positive Future
Evaluate the Cues That Tell Your Children When to Obey What Cues Do You Give Your Children?
Everyone's Doing It Everyone's Doing It
Explain Changes Explain Changes in Your Parenting Approach
Explain it Before You Change Explain New Rules Before You Start
Family Time The Key to Making Devotions Fun
Feeling Sorry vs. Indulgence Be Careful How You Handle Your Child's Pain
Final Statement Ending Every Discipline Time Positively
Firm Instruction Are You Giving Instructions Clearly?
Five Causes of Anger Understanding Anger's Five Causes
Foolishness Defined Recognizing Foolishness
The Funny Side of Parenting The Funny Side of Parenting
Get a Response Get a Response
Get Free Parenting Tips Through Your Email
Give it Away Give it Away
Going Through the Motions My Child is Just Going Through the Motions
Going to Bed: Self-Discipline Why a Bedtime is Important
Good Parenting Sometimes Doesn't Work Good Parenting Sometimes Doesn't Work
The Good Side of Anger The Good Side of Anger
Guilt Mistakes Five Mistakes Parents Make Because They Feel Guilty
Guilt Trap The Guilt Trap
The Hard Part It's the Hard Part of Being a Parent
Help Kids Choose Help Kids Choose Solutions
Hidden within Obedience The Real Value of Learning to Obey
Honesty Honesty Requires Character
Honesty The Truth About Lying
Honor Definition Honor Defined in Practical Terms
Honor Goes Both Ways Honor Goes Both Ways
Honor vs Respect Do We Teach Honor or Respect?
Honoring Someone Who's Hard to Value Honoring Someone Who Doesn't Seem Worth It
Honoring Teens Honoring Teens who Don't Deserve It
I Cut, You Pick I Cut, You Pick Rule
I Don't Like My Kid This Mom Grew to Dislike Her Son
Identify Pet Peeves Identify Pet Peeves
Immediate Affirmation Immediate Affirmation Brings Results
Immediate Follow Through A Tool Box of Consequences
Importance of Comfort The Importance of Comfort
Inspect and Release Inspecting Children's Work
Instructions Build Character There's More to Giving Instructions Than You Realize
Is Dialogue Good? Is Dialogue Good?
Justified Anger" "But My Anger is Justified"
Kids need Alternatives to Anger Angry Children Need More Choices
Kids Need Firmness - Not Anger Firmness Vs Harshness
Kids Struggle in Different Ways Kids Struggle in Different Ways
Language Without Logic Language Without Logic
Let Kids Decide Teach Kids to Make Wise Decisions
Let Life Teach Let Life Be the Teacher
Let's Play a Game An Indirect Approach to Sibling Conflict
Listening Teach Children How to Listen
Listening 2 Listening
The Long Term Benefits The Long Term Benefits
Lying: Nip it in the Bud Lying: Nip it in the Bud
Make Mealtimes Fun Make Mealtimes Fun
Make-Believe Christmas: A Time for Make-Believe?
Making Discipline Positive Look For Ways To Make Discipline Positive
Making Parenting Shifts Making Parenting Shifts
Missed Opportunities Don't Miss Opportunities
Monitor Frustration Monitoring Frustration Levels
More About Bad Attitudes Bad Attitudes Come in Three Arenas
More About Privilege and Responsibility More About Privilege and Responsibility
Morning Dawdling Dealing With Morning Dawdling
Natural Consequences Strategy Learning from Natural Consequences
No is a Spiritual Issue" Saying "No" is A Spiritual Challenge
Not Behavior Modification A Heart Approach is Different
Not Just Behavior Not Just Behavior Change
Not Just Bigger Consequences The Solution Isn't Just Bigger Consequences
Obedience Definition Understanding Obedience
Obey First and Then We'll Talk About It
Open Ended Questions Use Open Ended Questions
Overcoming Selfishness Overcoming Selfishness with Honor
Parent Child Evaluation Meeting Explain New Rules Before You Start
Parenting Babies Toddler Philosophy
Parents Excuses Missed Opportunities
A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety U.S. Department of Justice
Perseverance Perseverance
Perspective An Interesting Perspective
Plan for Honesty A Plan for Honesty
Planning Consequences Planning Consequences
Playing with Words Playing with Words
Positive Conclusion Teach Children What to Do Next Time
Positive Conclusion Teaching "Why" Helps Children for the Future
Positive ConclusionHelping Children Take Responisibilty Part 2
The Positive Side of Guilt The Positive Side of Guilt
Power of Praise Immediate Affirmation Produces Results
Primary Job - Obey A Child's Primary Job
Privilege Goes With Responsibility Privilege Goes With Responsibility
The Problem of Demandingnes
Problem Solving Problem Solving and Decision Making
Protect them? Should I Protect Them?
Punishment vs Discipline An Important Distinction
Raising a Leader It's Hard to Raise a Leader
Real Issues The Real Issues are Harder to See
Retraining the Heart Retraining the Heart
Reward Equally? Should You Reward Equally
Rules/Values Use Rules to Teach Values
Sad Instead of Mad Sad Instead of Mad
Sarcasm Dealing With Sarcasm
Saying No Graciously Firmness With Relationship
The Second Child And Then There Were Two
Seeing it and Doing it Teaching Kids to See What Needs to be Done and Do it
Self Control Helping Children Develop Self Control
Send Them Back Stop the Intensity in Conflict
Sensitivity Kids Who Are Annoying Need Sensitivity
Servant for the Day Servant for the Day
Show Hospitality A Lesson in Honor
Sibling Conflict Sibling Conflict: A Great Opportunity
Siblings Not Equal Dealing with Competition Among Siblings
Slowing Down the Emotion Slowing Down the Emotion
Sorrow Instead of Anger Sorrow Instead of Anger
A Spiritual Challenge Saying "NO" is A Spiritual Challenge
The Stop Rule The Stop Rule
Stop Sign Approach The Stop Sign Approach to Anger
Sucking Energy Out of Family Life Some Kids Drain Energy Out of Family Life
Take a Break Teach Children To Take a Break
Take a Break Take a Break
Taking for Granted Taking Those You Love for Granted
Taking Responsibility Helping Children Take Responsibility
Tattling Drawing the Line on Tattling
Teach Generosity Teach Honor Through Generosity
Teach Servanthood
Teaching About Anger Teaching Children About Anger
Teaching Children When You Mean Business
Teaching Cooperation
Teaching Honor Another Way to Teach Kids Honor
Teaching PatienceTeaching Children to Wait
Teens and Character Talk to Teens About Character
Teens Need Relationship Teens Need Relationship
Teens New Thinking Don't Overreact to Teenagers
Tips for Planning Consequences Understanding Consequences
Toddler Philosophy Parenting Babies
Toolbox of Consequences A Toolbox of Consequences
Triangles Be Careful with Triangles
Troublemakers? A Peacemaker or a Troublemaker?
Understanding Adolescents Understanding Adolescents
Understanding Arguing Understanding Arguing
Use Words to Correct Correction's First Step
Value of Correction The Value of Correction
Value of Correction The Value of Training
Value of Routines We Fall Into Patterns
Value Too Much? Can We Value the Family Too Much?
View Disobedience as Danger View Disobedience as Danger
View Your Family as a Team View Your Family as a Team
View Kids as Spiritual Brothers and Sisters An Interesting Perspective
Wait/Responsibility Training A Practical Way to Teach Responsibility
What about Rewards? To Reward or Not to Reward
What to Do When Your Baby Hits What to Do When Your Baby Hits
When Kids are Annoying What to Do When Kids are Annoying
When Kids Argue When Kids Argue
When Kids Argue Teaching Character to Three-Year-Olds
When Kids Resist Be Prepared for Resistance
When Kids Want to Fight When Kids Want to Fight
When you Mean Business Teaching Children When you Mean Business
Where an Attitude Comes From Where a Bad Attitude Comes From
Where We Feel Close The Heart is Where We Feel Close
Whoops and Ahh Game A Game to Raise the Awareness Level
Wise Appeal Some Helpful Working Definitions
A Work in Progress A Work in Progress
Working Definitions Some Helpful Working Definitions
A Wrestling Place The Heart is a Wrestling Place
Yelling "But I Have to Yell to Be Heard"
You Be the Leader Game You Be the Leader Game
Your Play Teaches What is Your Play Teaching?