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Reinforce the Effort!
Soulful Parenting is positive parenting. Anyone who has been exposed to Soulful Parenting for very long has heard how strong the tendency is for parents and teachers to be critical with their kids as opposed to being positive and reinforcing. … Continue reading
A Bet You Can’t Lose
I had a young fella come in to my office the other day. I’ll call him Peter. He’s 26 years old and he’s made a bunch of poor choices in the last eight years. All of these choices have had … Continue reading
Safe at Home!
With baseball season upon us it’s important to think of being “safe at home” as not only a baseball term but also a parenting goal. When our teen(s) are safe at home everyone wins. Our teen(s) have an animal brain … Continue reading
It Turns Out Your Parents Were Right!
Remember when you were a freshman in high school and your parents told you that you couldn’t go to that party you so badly wanted to attend? Or what about when they didn’t want you staying overnight at that friend’s … Continue reading
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Five Friends
Here’s the challenge. You’ve got one day to get to know me as well as you can. But you can not ask me any questions. In fact, you can not spend any time with me. And you can not observe … Continue reading
Influencing Your Teens: “Leading By Example”
How can we, as parents, have greater influence on our teenagers? We love our kids, we send them to great schools, we afford them tutors, travel teams and private lessons, we tell them specifically what we value and want for … Continue reading
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Teens and Stress
If you read the Soulful Parenting blog entry immediately preceding this one you will see the results of our recent survey of over a thousand Indiana teenagers. The survey asked teens to tell us what their stresses were and how … Continue reading
You’ll Lose!
I tell parents there are two things they can count on with their teens. One is that they will oppose you and the second is that, in their opposition, they will win. That’s right! They will oppose you and they … Continue reading
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Why Won’t My Kid Talk to Me??
“My chatty twelve year-old has turned in to the teenager who only grunts. What happened?” If you have a son then what happened is testosterone. Yup, the same critical pubescent hormone responsible for the deepening of his voice and the … Continue reading
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