Avoid A Power Struggle

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Beat the Back to School Power Struggle in 30 Days

Friday, August 14th, 2009

I’ve worked with many parents and children caught up in power struggles in the home—they argued over bedtime, homework, curfew, video game time—you name it, they fought over it. And the more these parents fought with their children, the better at arguing and manipulating situations their children seemed to get. Mothers and fathers came to [...]

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Avoiding Power Struggles with Defiant Children - Declaring Victory is Easier than You Think

Monday, July 6th, 2009

How do you nip escalating fights over power in the bud? In part two of our series, James shows you three powerful techniques for defusing defiant power struggles.
How do you know if you’re entering into a power struggle with your child? Any time you’re asking your child to do something and he’s refusing to comply—when [...]

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