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Tuesday, July 26
View Article  Successful Parenting technique to Get Your Children to Listen to You
by ParentSurvival911 on Tue 26 Jul 2005 08:24 AM PDT

Would you like your children to listen to you and treat you respectfully, the way the kids treat Jo Frost on the Supernanny Television show?  Well, you can change your parenting style if you’re open to learning new tricks.  Successful parenting doesn’t just happen—it’s something you usually learn.  You too can act like a super nanny—you just need some ideas and reassurance.

 

That’s where I come in.  I’m using this blog to share information with families I work with and parents who are looking for help in creative problem solving ideas with their children.

 

So what’s your biggest complaint about your children’s behaviors?  Log in and write your questions and comments to this blog so we can get some communicating back and forth happening.

 

The reason why kids like playing games is because they get immediate feedback that’s full of whistles and ...   more »

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Thursday, July 21
View Article  How Your Parenting Style Can Affect Your Child's Self Esteem
by ParentSurvival911 on Thu 21 Jul 2005 07:54 AM PDT

Remember my entry about paradigm shifts?  I have another one for you today that could affect how you discipline your children; how you deal with passive aggressive behaviors, and what type of parenting style you use.

 

The average human body is 70% water.  Modern researchers have shown that the condition of the mind directly affects the body.  Japanese scientist Masaru Emoto discovered that molecules of water are affected by our thoughts, words and feelings.

 

 Dr Emoto developed a technique using a very powerful microscope in a cold room along with high speed photography to photograph newly formed crystals of frozen water samples.  What he found was that when water was exposed to positive expressions like, “Let’s do it!” it created attractive, well-formed crystals.  When water was exposed to negative expressions like “Do it!” it barely formed any crystals at all.

 

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Monday, July 18
View Article  Parenting Style: The power of setting limits with children
by ParentSurvival911 on Mon 18 Jul 2005 07:35 AM PDT

Did any of you catch the Newsweek article last Fall, titled, “The Power of NO”?  It addressed the problems today’s parents face with setting limits and providing appropriate discipline to children.  Successful parenting styles place limits on children’s behaviors because these limits give children a sense of safety and security.

 

The article discussed the problems parents face with giving their children too much too soon.  Families with 3- to 12-year olds spend $53.8 billion a year on entertainment, personal-care items and reading material for their children.  This is $17.6 billion more than parents spent in 1997.  That’s a lot of money!

 

Kids today want all the expensive brand-name products, which is in direct response to the waves of marketing that’s directed at them today.  So they apply the pressure to their parents who usually put in long hours of work and come ...   more »

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Sunday, July 17
View Article  Your Parenting Style: Clues about successful parenting
by ParentSurvival911 on Sun 17 Jul 2005 03:40 PM PDT

Well, I’m back to talk more about the brain stuff.  Remember the difference between the thinking part of the brain and the lizard part?  I talked about it 2 entries ago.

 

Every parent wants to feel successful; acting like a super nanny with his or her kids.  yet, every time you or anyone else becomes upset; raising your voice, getting hot under the collar and just plain angry, you are in the lizard part of your brain.  Have you ever seen a lizard sit down and have a rational, meaningful conversation?  Not!!  It’s in pure reactive mode when it becomes frightened.  No thinking, just survival, knee jerk reaction.  When you're in this place, you cannot be successful as a parent with your children.

 

Same thing happens to you , me and the ...   more »

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Friday, July 15
View Article  Would You Like Your Parenting Style to Look Like that of a Super Nanny?
by ParentSurvival911 on Fri 15 Jul 2005 03:03 PM PDT

Did you know that the Supernanny show had over 17,000 hits on the Internet search engines during the month of May?  That’s a lot of people looking for information about parenting.  Why?  Because we all need help with our kids today.  Do you have kids who treat you like a live in maid and act like you’re invisible; they don’t hear you and certainly don’t look at you when you speak? 

 

Or worse, what about having to deal with passive aggressive behavior?  You ask Suzy Q to put the dishes away and she takes forever and a day to do it.  Or, she does most of her job and leaves one or two things out, thinking you won’t notice.  Fortunately for her, most parents don’t notice—they’re so busy trying to get ...   more »

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