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- Request into the Yes: Helping Kids Want to Cooperate - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2009 from Susan StiffelmanI recently had a phone coaching session with “Janice” whose child routinely refused to do whatever he was asked by his mom or dad. In school, “Jesse” was cooperative most of the time, but at home, he couldn’t have been more resistant and challenging. “Jesse, time to turn off the TV and start ...
Views: 1183 - A Parenting Lesson Learned In A Santa Barbara Gas Station - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2008 from Susan StiffelmanMy son and I are in the Goleta gas station an hour and a half into our drive to San Francisco to look at colleges, and the car decides not to start. I try it again, and it apparently still believes it's a good idea to pretend it has a dead battery or some such thing. We wait a few minutes and it ...
Views: 1108 - Teens Who Drink And Party Heavily - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2008 from Susan StiffelmanI was recently asked to do an “Ask the Expert” spot on Fox News about what parents can do about kids who party and drink heavily. Given the response from viewers, I decided to summarize some of the key points. As I thought about what I wanted to say in the brief time allocated, I realized that ...
Views: 1445 - Are Power Struggles Optional? - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2008 from Susan StiffelmanCall me crazy, but I think the majority of the power struggles we find ourselves having with our kids (and yes, our teens) are avoidable. The interesting thing about us humans is that we're wired to push up against anything that's pushing up against us. In other words, we have an almost knee ...
Views: 896 - Guilt-free Parenting - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2008 from Susan StiffelmanIs there such a thing? Is it possible to make the endless mistakes we invariably make as parents and remain free of guilt? Would we want to be? Isn't guilt part of what compels us to improve--- to lower our voices, threaten less vehemently, or stop saying the hurtful things we later regret? ...
Views: 1183 - ADD And Homeschooling - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2008 from Susan StiffelmanIf approached with flexibility, commitment and a moderate degree of structure, homeschooling is often the perfect solution for a child or teen with ADHD. Not only does it remove some of the elements that make school challenging for a right-brained child (like the perennial distractions created ...
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