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Three-Level Method of Discipline

How many times do you warn your kids before you administer a punishment? Is it three? Five? Depends on how you are feeling? As you know, consistency is the name of the game when we discipline. Your kids have to know what to expect in order for any method to work. Dr. Jerry Day describes a corrective teaching method called the three-level method of discipline. The first level is a warning. This is done with no penalty attached. It’s when you tell your kids to stop tormenting the cat, bickering among themselves or climbing on the furniture. If they take … Continue reading →

Family Values Statements

As parents, we try to teach our kids values on a daily basis. One way to do this is by example. Many families take it a step further and actually create a written family values statement. Similar to a company’s mission statement, your family values statement is a written set of beliefs and behavior guidelines that everyone in your family agrees to live by. To write your family values statement everyone will need to be involved in the process. A good time to work on it is during family meetings, if you have them. If not, you will have to … Continue reading →

Pulling In the Reins

This blog is about letting your kids make their own decisions and solve their own issues. Not in the traditional sense, no this blog is not about letting your kids decide what they want to do with their life, or what clothes they want to wear. It’s about letting them choose solutions for their misbehavior. It’s called pulling in the reins and it is a part of a larger set of techniques that fall under the heading of you solve it, or I’ll solve it and you won’t like my solution. Kind of blunt, but it works. This technique is … Continue reading →