Structured behavioral techniques combined with the flexibility that adjusts for a child or teen’s unique needs can address your parenting challenges.

As I say in my bio, I am truly a fellow struggler! The same day I first posted this item in February 2010, my then four-year-old daughter had a full-blown crying, screaming, jelly-legs, you’re-gonna-have-to-carry-me-outta-here temper tantrum during a transition at a local mall.

Try this effective way to ground your tween or teen.

Just by making a few little changes in how we give instructions, parents can often achieve improved child or teen compliance. Here are some suggestions: Reduce all distractions before giving instructions. Don’t expect your child to attend to you when something more entertaining is going on in the room. Turn off distractions – television, computer,…

After many years of working with children and teens with determined temperaments (including my own child), I have learned that once your determined child is convinced of the strength of your love for her, she is more motivated to protect her relationship with you through obedience.

Try these five easy steps to reduce unacceptable behaviors.

To increase desired behaviors, try letting your child earn what she wants to do by doing what she needs to do.

In the absence of positive attention, your child or teen will seek negative attention. Try these strategies to break out of this negative cycle.

Time out gets a “bad rap” largely because it is misused for every form of disobedience under the sun.  Time out is called “Time Out from Reinforcement” meaning that it is a time to be apart from others and activities. Here, time out is designed to be only one part of the process previously described…