“We always knew we were in trouble when Mom or Dad called us into the office,” said my son Noah, now 27. Our 4 kids got summonsed behind closed doors for serious offenses: lying, stealing, violating safe driving agreements and other character issues.
Archive for the ‘conscious parenting’ category
Bad seeds become weeds
May 16, 2011Bob has hired one or two other young men like Junior who showed up late or not at all, showed little initiative, and showed great interest in cigarette breaks.
Training for the marathon of parenting
April 18, 2011Like the marathon, the thrill of victory when raising children is sweet, far off and difficult to obtain. It requires training, persistence, commitment, patience and coaching.
Money and kids
March 31, 2011There are other problems with paying kids for chores. It teaches them you can use money to manipulate people. Money is THE lowest motivator to do ANYTHING. In fact, many research studies have proven that rewarding kids is the fastest way to insure they lose interest in a task.
Research says: Get out of the way when babies explore
March 28, 2011Let your child develop her own warehouse of knowlege and experience through trial and error. The learning will translate to internal motivation and desire that will carry her further than you ever could by nagging, reminding and telling him how to do it better.
