Lesson 1 : Three Approaches to Raising Children
- How to teach children to assume responsibility
- How to discipline with influence and teaching instead of endless power struggles
Lesson 2 : Identifying the Source of Behavior
- How feelings, thoughts, and needs manifest
- How to find our balance by moving back to center, both in ourselves as parents and in our children
- How to develop compassion in children
- How to teach responsibility (thinking, problem solving, and confidence) effectively
Lesson 3 : Helping Children Build a Healthy Self-Esteem
- How labels can become self-fulfilling prophecies
- How to reinforce good behavior
- How to transform children’s mistakes into positive learning experiences that stick
Lesson 4 : Communicating Effectively
- A formula for receptive listening that gets children to tell you more, and then creates “teachable moments” where they listen to you intently
- How to do easy perception checking to avoid getting stuck in conflict
- How to communicate in disciplined situations without getting into power struggles
- How to develop Assertive communication
- How to set boundaries without feeling rude
- How to avoid “the blame game” by focusing on what needs to be done to make things right
Lesson 5 : Influencing Your Children Positively
- Understanding how children learn
- How being Authoritative rather than Authoritarian can greatly reduce your workload
Four leadership styles and when to use each - Misguided parenting methods to avoid
- Understanding child abuse and neglect
- Problems with Punishment
- How punishment can backfire
- How words can hit as hard as a fist
- Effective discipline with less effort by using influence to teach instead of using punishment.
- How to teach children to take responsibility from a young age
- Creating clear Agreements that actually work
- When to use different kinds of Agreements
- Using Natural and Logical Consequences instead of “Punishment Consequences”
- Handling Temper Tantrums in Toddlers, Teens, and Adults
- How to set boundaries without feeling “rude”
- How to use Timeouts for reflection, not punishment
Lesson 6 : How Children Think
- Understanding how Play Is A Child’s Work
- How children think in the ‘now’
- Why children think in ‘black and white’ until puberty
- Magical thinking (when children think they are responsible for all bad things in the family)
- Appreciating your children’s multi-faceted mind beyond just “math” and “language” skills
- Using multiple senses to learn more effectively
Lesson 7 : How to Help Your Child Become a Responsible Adult
- Understanding the six stages children need to go through to become responsible, capable, “can do” adults
- How children can get stuck in the ‘me, me, me’ or ‘people pleaser’ etc. stages well into adulthood
Lesson 8 : How to Reduce Stress and Resolve Family Conflicts Quickly and Effectively
- 15 specific and very powerful techniques for stress reduction
- The common misunderstandings behind many conflicts Four effective strategies for resolving conflict
- Using proper timing for more effective conflict resolution
- Avoiding the Victim Trap
- When to get outside help
- How to build closeness in families
Lesson 9 : Talking about Sensitive Subjects
- The many sensitive subjects beyond ‘the elephant in the living room’
- How to talk about sensitive subjects
- ‘You are as sick as your secrets’
- Seven important guidelines for talking about sensitive subjects
- Understanding how teenagers see and think differently
- How to deal with serious issues for teens
- How to protect children from their innocence
- How to talk with children about drug abuse, alcoholism, cults, internet dangers, divorce
Lesson 10 : Living A Self-Actualized Life
- How to help children set goals and live consciously
- How to teach teenagers about life-altering choices
- How to teach children to make wise decisions
- Understanding the consequences of different kinds of choices
- How ‘not choosing’ is also a choice
- How to break through to living at your highest potential, and with lasting satisfaction