Installment 2: Praise in Public; Correct in Private
Following up on the blog from last week (June 29, 2012), I’d like to give some attention to correcting a …
Tag Archives: improving communication with teens
Being A “Good Enough” Mom
The truth of the words above is never quite realized, I think, until our mom is no longer alive. It …
Retraining Those Pups, Level 4
As much as we’d like to think that our teen pups are each darling and unique, the truth is that …
Retraining Those Pups, Level 3
As we’ve talked and thought about putting an end to smart-mouthed pups at your home, we’ve moved from Level 1 …
Retraining Those Pups, Level 2
We’ve been considering how to deal with middle school kids (and older) with a sassy attitude or way of speaking. …
Retraining Those Naughty Pups, Level 1
In the last blog, I called attention to a trend I’m hearing about frequently right now: middle school kids (or …
Naughty pups? Confused “alpha” dog?
The parents’ questions read like this: strong-willed kid who, outside home is great, but worst at home snarly attitude of 10 …
Something I Know About Communicating With Teens: Changing Our Way of Speaking
Stop and think about it. . . . Think about how you spoke to your kids when they were little, …
Kathleen Fischer 