STRATEGY: Teenage Selfishness
At times teenagers can be hard to handle…
Pushing rules and testing patience.
This is what to do!
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Skills
Children are Punishing… A Youth Worker’s Complete Parenting Strategy
After a long career in Youth Work, and Parenting a 14 year old, I have compiled a bunch of tools and created A Complete Parenting System!
{~40min Read}
Children are Drifting… How to Stay Close as Your Child Grows
As our children grow and learn, the drift in and drift out. How can we keep them closer, support them more?
Here’s how a youth worker has managed it at home!
{~20min Read}
How to observe behaviour problems in teenagers
“I’m Fine!” “mmmm!” “ughhh!”
How do we know when our children ACTUALLY need help? At times it seems like we are pushed away, locked out.
Working with children of all ages, in many different contexts, I have noticed a few consistencies. Here are my short cuts to fixing teenager behaviour issues!
{~15min read}
Children are Combative… How To Begin Disciplining Teenagers
Disciplining teenagers is tricky.
Too much and it comes back on you, not enough and they typically escalate the behaviours.
After decades in youth work, here are the shortcuts I use to discipline children!
{16min read}
That Time Planning Paid Off… And Changed a Family
“Slow and steady wins the race”
“Good things come to those who wait”
If something is worth the effort, it’s worth planning for.
Steal my shortcuts,
If you’re craving a more connected family try this out!
{25min read}
Children Are Soldiers… How I’ve Disciplined A 14-Year-Old Girl
Relationship.
It is the best way to correct any behaviours. You need to have a connection to someone before trying to correct them!
Here’s a few ways to win the battles with your teenagers 😉
{10min read}
Children Are Manipulative… How to protect your relationship while Parenting 2
Our co-parenting relationships are SO important for our children’s growth.
Here are some ways to keep those relationships close while parenting!
{11min read}
Children are manipulative… How to Protect Your Relationship While Parenting
Our co-parenting relationships are SO important for our children’s growth.
Here are some ways to keep those relationships close while parenting!
{13½min read}
DE-ESCALATION – The skill of Dropping The Rope
“Dropping the rope” is a deescalation technique. It’s useful when our children are so emotional they can’t think any longer, rather than arguing in circles for what feels like hours!
{1min read}
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Children are puzzling … Professional tools for struggling parents
Parenting is tricky. Youth work taught me a lot of tips and tricks.
Some of them are laid out right here in this article!
{15min read}