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Contents:
Raising Kids in Today's Confusing Drug Culture
So why is it that so many young people in America are getting hooked on drugs if no parents want that to happen? I believe the answer is really quite simple; kids are getting hooked on drugs simply because parents are not teaching their kids what to do before they are in the situation! ...
Self-Esteem/Self-Concept/Self-Worth
When I first began to teach parenting skills, I named my curriculum Self-Esteem Programs. I learned very quickly that using that title was a mistake! It turned out that using the words "Self-Esteem" caused more problems than it was worth....
"Quick Fix for Misbehavin' Kids?
Ever since I began teaching parenting skills almost 26 years ago, one of the most common fallacies that I have encountered is the mistaken idea in the heads of so many parents that there is some great "Quick Fix" for raising kids that are well behaved, self-assured and well adjusted...
Speaking of Kids
Far too many people in the world today speak of children as if they had nothing to do with them!
What Parents Do For Kids
Following a late morning appointment we stopped for breakfast at a local restaurant. The most cheerful gentleman waited us on. While making the usual small talk he mentioned that as soon as he got off work at the restaurant he was going to his second job as a meat cutter at the local grocery store. The fellow looked about my age so I said, “Wow, you must be putting a kid or two through college!”....
The Ideas in Your Head Will Rule Your World
It does not matter where the ideas come from, and it doesn't matter whether they are right or wrong, once an idea is in your head, it will rule your world....
Fulfilling a Dream
Back in 1996, when we set out upon this journey to create our parenting foundation, we developed our "wish-list" of what we most wanted to accomplish...
Play With Your Kids
During summertime, family life becomes more chaotic and less routine. However, summer presents a wonderful new opportunity for parents who choose to grasp it...
Repetition
Do not assume that your kids have heard what you have said simply because you have said it. Repeat it! Repetition is fundamental...
Thanks for Family!
Sometimes the things that annoy us are really things for which we should give thanks...
Happiness is an Attitude of Choice
If I could only teach one idea to every kid I taught in 29 years of teaching, what would that idea be?"...
The Alarm is Sounding
We are alarmed and worried because we are scared! We are scared for the children of America, some of whom belong to you. ....
Attitude is Everything
The other day I was talking with a very frustrated mother about her daughter who was driving her crazy. She was at wits end and wanted to know what to do to change her daughter....
Listen
Love is not just something you say; it is something you do… and listening is one of the most loving acts a parent can do for children...
Tricking kids into self-discovery
My best friend, John Matau, was an amazing teacher! He was a master at "tricking" kids into self-discovering positive ideas about themselves....
Reasons Punishment Doesn't Work
Buck Minor, the cowboy on our ranch, used to always say, If you teach an animal a lesson by meanness or cruelty, don't be surprised if the animal remembers the meanness and cruelty and forgets the lesson...
Listening
All too often, when people say that they can't communicate with their kids what they really mean is that they don't know how to talk so that their kids will listen...
America Needs the Sound of Our Children Among Us
One of the real dangers of traveling around the country conducting conferences on parenting issues and writing articles like this one about parenting is that a person can begin thinking that he really is an expert.....
Heroes
In today's society like in the past, kids have heroes. This is a good thing. However, in modern society it seems the process of selecting heroes has become rather muddled or confused....
Shaping kids lives with love
The single most powerful behavior-shaping tool at the disposal of parents is sending the constant and continual message of unconditional love...
Back When I Was a Kid
We must eliminate a few phrases when we are making decisions about how we will be raising our kids. They are the sayings like: When I was a kid...
Bike riding and present wrapping
Shocking information about the effectiveness of some of the teaching techniques that we choose to use to educate our children.
