Claudia and Ryan (Aug 1, 2008 at 10:11 AM) - When children do something dangerous it is easy to react with emotion and turn the situation into drama. When parents ask a child a question in a suspicious voice, most children lie. Children don’t listen to histrionic lectures of right and wrong, good or bad.

Commands: Is There a Better Way to Communicate? (Aug 1, 2008 at 9:38 AM) - Dad is following 7-year-old Kenny to the shower. Kenny is dragging his towel on the carpet. Dad says, Pick up your towel! Kenny turns around and sees that the towel is on the floor. He picks it up and walks to the bathroom. Is there anything wrong with this exchange?

Do You Want Better Behaved Children? (Aug 1, 2008 at 9:57 AM) - Catch Them Being Good is the most important method you can use in disciplining children. It effectively points children in the direction that you want them to go: toward responsible, good thinking, loving and confident behavior. You will not only have better children, but your children will have better parents!

How to Put a Halt to Bad Behavior in Children (Sep 18, 2008 at 3:19 PM) - Many parents don’t realize how easily they can stop a child’s inappropriate behavior. When parents use the six steps to solving problems with more clarity, they can get amazing results. We all use these six steps every day to solve problems. If we didn’t, there would be no problem that would ever be solved!

Receptive Listening: An Essential Life Skill (Aug 1, 2008 at 10:02 AM) - Receptive listening is a communication skill that makes the biggest difference between successful or failed relationships. Considerable amount of mental and physical illness is the direct result of stored pain because a person has not been adequately listened to. One of the greatest gifts we can give another is to care enough to take the time to REALLY hear what the person is feeling and thinking, even if what the person has to say is unpleasant to hear.

The Heroes Journey (Aug 1, 2008 at 9:50 AM) - The Call Something BIG happens that is perceived as a crisis. Our hero is in disbelief, no this isn’t happening to ME. Our reluctant hero begins to see things that he never knew were there. As he begins seeing with real eyes the realization comes over him that the ideal situation that he thought he was living is not the whole story. This is beginning to feel like a nightmare.