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Why Kids Tell Lies And What To Do About It

February 22nd, 201005:27 PM ET

By Empowering Parents

Q: When your child lies to you, it hurts. As parents, it makes us angry and we take it personally. We feel like we can never trust our child again. Why does lying cause such anger, pain and worry for parents? James: Parents are understandably very afraid of their children getting hurt and getting into trouble, but they have very little protection ...
Teens and Privacy: Should I Spy on My Child?

February 09th, 201001:16 PM ET

By Empowering Parents

Note from James: A lot of the things we do to protect our children might be considered "spying" by our kids, but they are in fact measures we take to keep them safe from others, as well as from themselves. Before we begin, I want to say that I hesitate to use the word "spying" because it has a negative, sneaky connotation. It's hard to "spy" on som...
Shame and Anger: The Emotional Handcuffs of Parenting

February 08th, 201012:33 PM ET

By Empowering Parents

One of the unaddressed elements of children's behavior is the pain that families go through, knowing that others are judging them. Because the fact is, they are being judged. When parents have to go to school constantly because of their kid's outbursts, when they get in conflicts with the neighbors because of the kid's behavior, when they're at th...
We Got a Diagnosis for Our Child—Now What? ADHD, ODD, LDs and More—What a Diagnosis Means for Your Child

January 26th, 201004:56 PM ET

By Empowering Parents

A diagnosis is an important piece of the puzzle we are trying to solve when we try to help kids with disabilities learn how to function. Many parents are relieved when they get a diagnosis for their acting-out, "problem child" because they see it as a guideline for the future. They think, "Now we'll know what to do; this is it- we'll finally get ou...
“I Want It Now!” How to Challenge a False Sense of Entitlement in Kids

January 22nd, 201004:10 PM ET

By Empowering Parents

Almost as soon as your child begins to talk, you'll start to hear him ask for things. In fact, when an infant cries, he's asking for food or to be made more comfortable. By the time he reaches the age of four or five, his constant refrain becomes: "Can I have this, Mom? Can I have that?" The unending requests for new toys or candy and an "I want it...
How to Give Kids Consequences That Work

January 20th, 201011:10 AM ET

By Empowering Parents

A consequence is something that follows naturally from a person's action, inaction or poor decision. It differs from a punishment in that a punishment is retribution. Punishment is "getting back" at someone, to hurt them back for a hurt they did. When you get a speeding ticket, it's not a retribution for something you did wrong. It's a consequence ...
Teflon Kids: Why Children Avoid Responsibility—and How to Hold Them Accountable

January 15th, 201010:42 AM ET

By Empowering Parents

Responsibility slides off kids like water slides off a duck's back. It almost seems the way that nature meant it to be. Think of kids as being coated with Teflon, and nothing sticks-that's how they relate to responsibility. In some ways, it's no mystery: kids are born with no responsibilities, and everything they do is by instinct. They cry when th...
Sick of Your Kid’s Backtalk? Here’s How to Stop It

December 22nd, 200911:26 AM ET

By Empowering Parents

As a parent, sometimes it seems like your day is filled with an endless stream of backtalk from your kids-you hear it when you ask them to do chores, when you tell them it's time to stop watching TV, and when you lay down rules they don't like. It's one of the most frustrating and exhausting things that we deal with when we raise our kids. Backtal...

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