Lesson Tag: discipline

We want our children to live healthy, happy lives with strong connections and a positive sense of self. Conversation is a pathway to developing and sustaining a healthy and trusting relationship with your child and for having a positive impact on how they see themselves.

Children thrive on clear and consistent expectations and boundaries but family conflict often starts with rules they feel are unfair or unreasonable. The key to setting the stage for cooperation is to include your entire family in conversations about needs and expectations in a way that makes your child feel heard and respected even when they don’t get exactly what they want. 

Does your child have trouble making and keeping friends? 

Are you unsure about how to help? 

We all hope that our children will make meaningful connections with peers and mentors. When they struggle with making friends it is difficult not to worry. Often, our first instinct is to try to teach specific social skills and manners but the truth is that strong relationships come from the inside out. What we call charisma can be broken down into empathy and confidence. Self-awareness and self-acceptance are the foundation of your child’s social life.

Are you raising your voice too often and wishing for more patience?  

Are you concerned that you are too strict or too easy?  

Do you sometimes think there must be a better way?  

You are not alone.  

During this workshop, you will discover myths that keep parents repeating ineffective discipline techniques that can actually increase misbehavior. You will learn evidence-based, straightforward strategies that increase and sustain child compliance, support child self-worth and strengthen your parent-child relationship.  

Join us for this interactive, engaging workshop to gain the simple, practical tools you need to raise the children you really want - cooperative, confident and connected positively with family and friends.

You don't have to go it alone. Being able to recognize the behavior as symptoms and having a clear plan about how to invite cooperation and respond to challenging behaviors will reduce your family stress and strengthen your child's positive behavior. Join with other parents facing similar struggles and create a plan that will work for your family.

Parents often think that if you figure out what punishment will make your child miserable enough, they will then cooperate. You may be surprised to learn that research has shown that this is a myth. You can sometimes scare or threaten your child into following directions but you will not get improved behavior in the long run. This class will help you recognize the difference between rules and consequences, and punishment. You will also gain 5 practical strategies to teach better behavior to your tween or teen.

Are you raising your voice too often and wishing for more patience? 

Are you concerned that you are too strict or too easy? 

Do you sometimes think there must be a better way? 

You are not alone. We can help.  After this class you will know how to:

• Try something different when things get tough with your child. 
• Use new ways to help your child listen better and feel good about themselves
• Enjoy family time more

Many parents and caregivers are concerned about how to plan for opening up our activities, businesses and schools during this pandemic. This class will help parents of tweens and teens to plan, with their families, how to be safe while rejoining our communities in-person and making the back to school transition.  

After this class you will be able to: 

• Recognize the relative risks and benefits of social interaction for tweens and teens 
• Apply effective approaches to talking with tweens and teens about protecting themselves and their families 
• Develop a plan for navigating opening up and back to school transitions 

* Are you raising your voice too often and wishing for more patience?
* Are you concerned that you are too strict or too easy?
* Do you sometimes think there must be a better way?

You are not alone.
During this roundtable discussion recording, you will discover myths that keep parents repeating ineffective discipline techniques that can actually increase misbehavior. You will learn evidence-based, straightforward strategies that increase and sustain child compliance, support child self-worth and strengthen your parent-child relationship.

This discussion will focus on positive discipline for children from 2 - 12 years old.

Does your child have meltdowns when you try to limit behaviors?
Is your little one suddenly hitting or biting others in frustration?

Have you tried to resolve these challenging behaviors, and nothing seems to work? You are not alone. This class will help put your mind at ease when you understand why these behaviors are typical at this stage of development.