Parent With A Pro

Today we interview marriage and family therapist, Jeff Tesch to talk about something that is SO frustrating to SO many parents.  In fact, we have some questions that we ask parents who enter our private Facebook group (You're welcome to join, too!) to figure out what struggles they're facing with their strong willed child.  Over and over again we see that parents have asked their kids to stop a certain behavior or to do something the parent has asked and the child's behavior simply isn't changing. Here's what Jeff Tesch teaches about why our words aren't working and what to do instead. LISTEN ABOVE OR READ THE SUMMARY BELOW First, there are times that it is appropriate and really good to use our words with our kids. 1. When we're getting CLEAR with our kids about behavior. Our children are not minds readers and they need us to be really clear with them UPFRONT about what behaviors are okay and which are not.  It's important to not only be clear about behavior expectations but to also be clear about wha