This column lets kids know how to play the system (and earn privileges) http://www.thecrier.net/our_columnists/article_890d17ba-6798-11e1-ac5b-001871e3ce6c.html
Read More »On Consistency and Consequences
March 06, 2012 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
Blogger and Father Andrew Kensley discusses the difficult task of being consistent, mindful, and realistic when laying out consequences with kids: http://thecoloradowriter.blogspot.com/2012/03/consistency-and-consequences.html
Read More »Active listening
March 06, 2012 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
Some tips on how to connect and communicate with your kids and teens: http://lakeforest.suntimes.com/opinions/11075366-598/parents-must-be-active-listeners-with-children.html http://www.ourmidland.com/accent/article_c3b657f0-ba88-56ed-a7d6-18f604f6b4f7.html http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/apr/02/focusing-on-positive-communication/ http://blog.crchealth.com/2012/04/06/parents-keep-those-lines-of-communication-open/
Read More »Changing behavior
March 06, 2012 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
Timothy D. Wilson, a social psychologist out of the University of Virginia author of Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change, discussing the mertis of “story editing” to facilitate changing behavior: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/03/revising.aspx
Read More »Math problems
March 05, 2012 | For parents of teenagers,metaphors to help facilitate communication | Click on title to comment!
Imagine your teen is 8 years old. Would you give her advanced calculus to work on? And if you did, would you yell at her if she didn’t know how to do it? Probably not. The problem is that society treats emotional development very differently than academic development, although there are many similarities.[i] We want […]
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