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Chapter 1: Three Secrets Your Pediatrician Never Told You

Kids who are bossy, whine, or just noodle around are familiar to us all. What you may not know is how you might be supporting this behavior - actually interfering with your children’s ability to grow into “their best selves”. I’ll help you identify these interfering strategies and begin to make adjustments that will get your family moving in a better direction.

Chapter 2: Buttons! What Buttons?

We all have buttons – you know, those things that make us overreact and end up feeling like the worst parents in the world. I’ll help you take a closer look at your buttons and develop a way to get beyond those knee-jerk reactions to your children’s often innocent behavior. The result, you’ll be parenting in a more effective way, and in a way that makes you feel much better about yourself and your family. It’s as easy as A, B, C… D, E

Chapter 3 - Timeline for Training

We have, at best, 18 years to teach our children the skills they’ll need to walk into their adult lives with confidence and enthusiasm. I’ll help you create your own Timeline for Training — a tool for understanding what skills your kids have right now, and identifying what they need to learn in order to take care of themselves and participate in the family in a positive way. Then, we’ll focus on what it will take to get there.

Chapter 4 - The Four Mistaken Goals of Behavior

Our children’s problematic behaviors are simply symptoms of their belief about the role they play in your family. By understanding the four mistaken goals of behavior and how they apply to your child, you’ll be able to develop effective new parenting strategies that will help your kids shift from “useless” to “useful” behavior.

Chapter 5: Create a Roadmap for Success

Parenting is a journey, and every smart traveler carries a roadmap. In this part of the program we’ll use the information gathered in the Discovery process to create your own Parenting Roadmap for Success. You’ll identify where you are today, where you want to be in 3 months, 6 months or even 18 years. Then we’ll come up with a plan for navigating the distance in between.

Chapter 6: The Crucial C’s

Here we’ll outline the Crucial C’s — one of the easiest, most effective tools you’ll use to build a healthier relationship with your kids. As you begin to use the Crucial C’s on a daily basis, you’ll notice your children becoming more cooperative, self reliant, and confident. As with all strategies presented here, this is an age-independent tool - it will keep giving regardless of a child’s age.

Chapter 7: The Art of Encouragement

Have you ever thought about the difference between praise and encouragement? Yep, there IS a difference… and it’s a doozy! If you’re family is addicted to praise, it’s time from something new. We’ll talk about how to replace praise with encouragement so you’re actually helping your kids build their sense of self by knowing that they belong and that they’re capable of contributing to the world around them.

Chapter 8: YES! Show Me.

Many well-meaning parents hand out privileges long before their kids have proved that they’re ready for them. We’ll discuss specific privileges that your children enjoy now and the responsibilities that come along with them. The Privileges and Responsibilities strategy I’ll present will help eliminate power struggles in your home and grow kids who feel empowered, instead of entitled.

Chapter 9: Meetings That Move

The Family Meeting will help your family stay on track. By following the family-meeting agenda and guidelines as outlined, you’ll create a safe environment for family members to share their thoughts and feelings right now, and for years to come. Kids will learn how to show appreciation to their parents and siblings, contribute to the running of the household, identify and solve problems, and even manage money.

Chapter 10: The Rabbit Hole

I’ll present strategies you can use when you find yourself in a lose-lose situation with your kids, when everyone’s yelling and crying, and no one’s giving an inch. We like to call it, “being at the bottom of the Rabbit Hole.” Believe it or not, there ARE graceful ways to get out, and I’ll help you identify them and put them to use.

Chapter 11: The Slippery Slope

When you start to feel the pull of “The Slippery Slope” – that moment when you begin to revert to your old, ineffective ways of parenting – this is your opportunity to stop, think, and choose. I’ll present a number of strategies which can help you quickly stop a downward spiral and steer towards a better outcome.

Chapter 12: Celebration

Parents can be very hard on themselves, often forgetting to acknowledge, and celebrate their daily parenting accomplishments. In this part of the program I encourage you to regularly celebrate both the distance you’ve come as a parent and as a family, and the continued growth and positive changes that await you in the months and years ahead. We’ll also discuss tactics for staying on track … by practicing your new parenting strategies and believing in yourself and your kids.