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Problems at School? How to Handle the Top 4 Issues

October 31st, 201103:53 PM ET

By Empowering Parents

At some point as a parent, you will likely be faced with the dreaded email from your child's teacher telling you that your kid has crossed the line and that you need to come in for another conference—or the principal will call to tell you that your teen has missed the last week of school altogether, unbeknownst to you. Maybe you've discovered...
Expecting a Fight with Your Child? (You'll Get One.)

October 24th, 201104:48 PM ET

By Empowering Parents

You're driving home from work, and you call your teen and tell him to clean his room and finish his homework. Before he grunts a response and hangs up, you swear you can hear the T.V. blaring in the background. You feel your stress levels rising and think, "I know the house is going to be a mess when I get home. Jake won't have done his homew...
Child Behavior Charts: How to Use Behavior Charts Effectively

October 12th, 201103:55 PM ET

By Empowering Parents

Here on the Parental Support Line, just about every call we get involves questions about consequences or rewards. A lot of parents struggle to find effective consequences while overlooking the importance of using rewards, too. Many times we recommend establishing rewards or incentive systems for kids, often in the form of a behavior chart....
How to Stop Victim Mentality and Thinking in Kids

October 05th, 201104:40 PM ET

By Empowering Parents

"It's not my fault. That's not fair!" How many times has your child shouted this when she's upset? Although it's often difficult to know how to respond to this as a parent, understand that it's normal for children and teens to feel this way from time to time. Kids have keener "fairness detectors" than we do because their perspective is still q...