Posted By: Kim Stricker
Category: ADHD/ADD, Acting-out Behavior, School
Comments: 9
I got a call from my son’s teacher last week. Apparently, he used an inappropriate word and perhaps a hand gesture to accompany it to another child. That child’s parent had called the principal. The principal asked my son Builder’s teacher to handle it. She did. Builder denied it ever happened.
I know better.
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Posted By: Tina Wakefield
Category: Acting-out Behavior
Comments: 10
Is inappropriate behavior a moral issue or a performance issue?
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Posted By: Megan Devine
Category: Acting-out Behavior, Homeschooling, School
Comments: 2
Do you homeschool your kids? Recently, a reader wrote in with this question about her 13-year-old daughter, who thinks being homeschooled means she can do work whenever she wants to:
“I know James has written about how to get kids to do their homework, but we have a unique situation. We homeschool our two children, and while my son does his work just fine, my 13 year old daughter refuses to do any work at all! She won’t even get up in the morning. She says that because she is home-schooled, she can work whenever and wherever she wants! I’ve tried to give her the freedom to structure her day, but she still doesn’t get her work done. She’s falling behind, and when I try to get her interested in something, she just blows up at me. I can’t just let her fail, but I am working so much harder than she is. My house is a battle zone all day long, and I’m afraid my son will start to pick up her habits. What can I do?”
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Posted By: Elisabeth Wilkins, EP Editor
Category: Acting-out Behavior, EP Contest, Parenting Skills
Comments: 2
Congratulations to the winners of our EP Contest, “This Parenting Technique Really Worked for Me!”
We received so many great entries, it was truly hard to choose just ten. Thanks so much to everyone who participated!
For the next three weeks, we’ll be featuring the winning entries in our blog, with a response from Parental Support Line Advisor Carole Banks. And each of our winners will receive a signed copy of James Lehman’s new book, Transform Your Problem Child.
Thank you all once again for writing in and sharing your transformation into an “Empowered Parent” with us!
– Elisabeth Wilkins, EP Editor & the Empowering Parents Team
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Posted By: Carole Banks
Category: Acting-out Behavior, Consequences, Younger Children
Comments: 2
Ever get stuck trying to give the right consequences to your young child or toddler? Know that whether they’re 18 months or five years old, you should always try to do the following three things when giving consequences:
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Posted By: Tina Wakefield
Category: Acting-out Behavior, Domineering Kids, Limit-setting
Comments: 4
Do you have one child who bosses your other kids around — and who seems to think they are the parent, instead of you? There are few things more frustrating for a parent than watching one of their kids giving their siblings directions and correcting them for anything or everything. And it’s even worse when your other kids start responding to your ringleader child instead of you!
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Posted By: Elisabeth Wilkins, EP Editor
Category: Acting-out Behavior, Consequences, Curfew, Teens, Tweens
Comments: 17
Full disclosure: I was a rebellious teenager. I broke curfew frequently, yelled at my poor mom, and was generally surly and rude. (And oh, how I wish I could take it all back! I’ve apologized to my mom many times, but I would seriously love a time machine so I could go back and do my teen years all over again!) I was so sure, back then, that I was in control and knew what I was doing.
Boy, was I wrong.
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Posted By: Dr. Joan
Category: Acting-out Behavior, Consequences, Negotiating
Comments: 7
Why are fewer parents using the word “No” and failing to give their children consequences that will make their inappropriate behavior stop?
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