Posts Tagged ‘communication’
How parents can destroy the effectiveness of consequences?
Why is it that two set of parents can apply the same consequence but yet get very different results? Is it because the child that learns from the consequence is good-natured while the other child who becomes resentful is just a bad egg? Does it all depend on the temperament of the child or does [...]
Why is there chocolate on this doughnut?
Do your kids ever ask questions that puzzle you? Not because you don’t know the answer, but because you are not sure of the answer to give them. I know of a father whose girl asked such a question. They went out one Saturday morning for doughnuts and his little girl chose the one with [...]
Small Change in Words – Big Change in Attitudes
It’s easy to fall into the trap of demanding and threatening as a parent – especially when you want your child to get something done quickly. “If you don’t clean your room right now, you can forget about playing on the IPOD for the rest of the day.” Or “If you don’t finish your chores [...]
Nurturing Talk
Nurturing talk is the language of love. It is the regular and predictable words of affection and love between individuals in a significant relationship. This “Nurturing Talk” binds the couple together, it creates safety and diminishes anxiety in the relationship. There are three common types of nurturing talk that are demonstrated in committed relationships. They are as [...]