“Unexpressed feeling never die. They are buried alive and come back later in ugly ways.” (Stephen Covey)
Don’t wait for him to turn 10 before you reveal that you are not in fact the hired help whose job it is to clean up after him.
“Moody” and “unpredictable” are adjectives parents will often use when referring to their teenagers.
Wouldn’t it be nice if children would simply listen and learn.
Children today are under enormous pressures rarely experienced by their parents or grandparents. Many of today’s children are being enticed to grow up too quickly and are encountering challenges for which they are totally unprepared.
Whining and crying are employed by kids for the purpose of getting something. If it works, then it was worth the effort and will be repeated.
A tantruming toddler is a little ball of writhing muscle and incredible strength. It’s like trying to carry a greased pig past a slop bucket.
If you are headed in the wrong direction as a parent – you are allowed to make a U-turn.
Some hope their children will be like sponges soaking up the truth and wisdom imparted by their parents. However appealing this philosophy might be, it seldom seems to catch on with their children.
If it was going to be easy to raise kids, it never would have started with something called “labour”.
Parents are the external regulator for kids who cannot regulate themselves.
Parenting style matters – a lot!
Good parenting requires sacrifice. Childhood lasts for only a few brief years , but it should be given priority while it is passing before your eyes
Simple rules adhered to when children are young can prevent more serious problems later.
It is what we say and do when we’re angry that creates the very model our children will follow when dealing with their own frustrations.
Early intervention is always better than crisis management – but it is never too late to do the right thing.
The teenage years require a delicate balance between the young person’s need to gain independence, and the parent’s need to retain authority.
Children fare better when expectations on them are clear and firm.
Children do not develop on their own – they only develop within relationships.
The more 2 parents differ in their approaches to discipline, the more likely it leads to trouble for the child.
The brain is the boss of behaviour.
Change the brain = change the behaviour.
“The thing that impresses me most about North America is the way parents obey their children” (King Edward VII , 1841-1910)
Hurt people hurt people.
When a child is disregulated – is the time parents need to be regulated.
You cannot reason with someone who is being unreasonable.
The challenge of adolescence is to balance the right of the parents to feel they are in charge with the need of the adolescent to gain independence.
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