You’re in the middle of another argument with your partner. They’re driving you crazy. Can’t they see that you’re obviously right, and they’re so totally wrong? Their sense of logic confounds you. You can hardly believe that they aren’t budging from their stance. Why don't they see that your way makes total sense, and their [...]
Key Thought: Laying a good foundation during your child’s formative years is critically important indetermining who and what they will become as an adult. Quick Review: Two main components of child training (‘paideia’) Direction—getting a child on course Direction is Teaching + Modeling + Reinforcement = Internalization (i.e. our child adopts our beliefs andbehavior as [...]
Key Thought: Laying a good foundation during your child’s formative years is critically important indetermining who and what they become as adults. Preparing for Change (What you can expect): There is no quick fix. We want to see our children’s behavior improve as quickly as possible but we need to understand that these patterns did [...]
Key Thought: Laying a good foundation during your child’s formative years is critically important in determiningwho and what they will become as an adult. Quick Review: Two main components of child training (‘paideia’) Direction—getting a child on course. Teaching + Modeling + Reinforcement = Internalization (i.e. your child adopting your beliefs and behavior as his own) [...]
Key Thought: Laying a good foundation during your child’s formative years is critically important indetermining who and what they will become as an adult. Quick Review: The fundamental problem with any parenting approach centers on the issue of control. The battle forcontrol begins early in a child’s life. Control is power. Three Basic Parenting Approaches: [...]
Key Thought: Laying a good foundation during your child’s formative years is critically important in determining who and what they will become as an adult. Quick Review—The biblical parenting approach allows freedom within limits; the child is given control but on the parent’s terms. The amount of control given is determined by what the child [...]
Emotional distance can build up over time, often sneaking up on you without you even realizing it. Before you know it, it feels like you are miles apart, disconnected, and maybe not even in love. Unfortunately, it happened for a reason…and you may have played a part in that. These behaviors build walls and divide the [...]
This kind of relationship requires an emotional investment from both partners. There is a consistent effort to strengthen the emotional bond by engaging in the following behaviors: Spend quality time together. Engage in physical affection. Have regular, meaningful conversations. Be open and transparent with one another. Listen attentively to one another. Share hopes, dreams, and [...]
A dysfunctional family is one whose interactions are distorted by the addictions, compulsions, and behaviors of one or more of its members. As a result, the needs of each individual in the family are ignored and a rule of “don’t trust, don’t feel” emerges. The result is that children grow up with their own self-destructive [...]
Answer each question with “yes” (mostly true for me) or “no” (mostly not true for me). Circle each “yes” answer and count the total. 1. Do you tolerate mistreatment from people in hopes of being loved? 2. Do you depend on people who are emotionally unavailable to care for you? 3. Do you feel compelled [...]
