April 14, 2022
Helping Someone whose Child is SickA mother, Natalie, called me and said, “I’m just really stressed.” “Hmm,” I said. Long ago I learned that victims require other people to feel bad for them and to enable them. One way they do this is to say half of their message and require you to beg them for
April 4, 2022
Dealing with a Demanding, Disruptive ChildI talked to a mother, Lia, who is quite familiar with the Parenting Training. She said, “Not long ago I began teaching a church class of girls ages eight to ten. The eight- and nine-year-old girls have been pretty easy. “But I have a ten-year-old, Brooke, who is disrupting the entire
March 31, 2022
As a group, kids would not be characterized as careful. They run faster than they’re able, throw things without regard for where they might land, and speak words without consideration of their effect. Mostly it’s just inexperience and exuberance, but with every passing day, they acquire more knowledge, become more teachable, and need more accountability. We have
March 24, 2022
Jessica said something unkind to her brother. Mom had loved and taught Jessica the Laws of Happiness for some time, and they had watched the Parenting Training together, so Mom knew that Jessica understood what she had done.Remembering the Laws of Happiness with WritingMom had taught Jessica with words, so now it was time for
March 17, 2022
Parents have the responsibility of loving and teaching their children, and we can’t be casual about it. We have to give it all our attention. One aspect of teaching children is to help them tell the truth about themselves, and we need to know that they can be very slippery about it. Instead of really listening
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