Tag: positiveparenting
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The Parenting Notebook
Kim O’Brien October 29, 2025 Have you heard the phrase, “Train your kids in times of non-conflict?” First, you should think about what training entails. As Joey & Carla have so often said, it has 3 parts: 1. Give them information 2. Show them how you expect them to use that information 3. Correct them when they don’t and praise…
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Positive Parenting, Part 2
Joey and Carla Link October 22, 2025 Last week we talked about being positive when you parent your children. Yelling, being harsh and angry or critical of them is being negative in your parenting and your children don’t need that. Being calm when you talk to your kids is one way you can be positive…
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Positive Parenting
Joey and Carla Link October 15, 2025 You ask one of your kids to do a chore he knows he is supposed to do. He ignores you. Forget trying to be polite. This time you tell him to do it in a firm voice. He tells you he will do it in an annoyed tone.…