TOPIC: Anger
Common Discipline Mistakes Even the Best Parents Make: Part 2
Here are more discipline mistakes made by even the best-intending, most well-informed parents, along with practical suggestions that might come in handy the next time you find yourself in one of these situations.
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Some of my friends are under the mistaken impression that I never blow it when it comes to dealing with my kids. Those who are closest to me know better. Just because I work for a company called ScreamFree Living and I am married to a family therapist doesn’t mean that being calm comes second nature to me. In fact, if you look at the things I write, my best stuff commonly arises from the many parenting faux-pas that I commit.
Steps to Handling Your Anger
Family life is complicated and unpredictable. Expectations, frustrations and responsibilities can create angry emotions in both parents and children. Even if you are skilled at parenting, and even if you are committed to your family, you cannot eliminate the unpleasant situations and intense emotions that occur in all families. However, once you understand where the […]
I’m Sorry, Butt
“If I don’t scream, how can I get my kids to do anything?” That’s the question on the minds of many at the beginning of my seminars. At the end, hopefully, the question(s) run something like this: “How can I start over with my kids, now that I know I’ve blown it time and time again? Is it okay to apologize and start anew?”
Obviously, I like the latter questions better. And obviously, I like to answer those questions with a resounding “Yes”. Yes, we can reverse bad patterns of interaction with our kids. Yes, we can always start anew with a ScreamFree approach to our parenting.
Ask Hal - How My Ex Treats Our Child
Dear Hal,
My daughter’s father does not treat her like he should sometimes and she does not like to talk to him or go and see him. Examples of this: he called her a b—h once when he was mad and thought she had already hung the phone up.
