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Our Philosophy
Are you shocked that you've gone from saying, "He is the sweetest child I know." to these types of words?
"Listen to me right now or you're in timeout!"
"Stop whining or there's no video!"
"Clean up these toys or
I'm throwing them away!"
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The preschool and elementary years can be overwhelming and intense; you may even feel like you're the only parent who's dealing with the issues you’re dealing with, nothing could be further from the truth.
After a long day of frustrating behavior, and many trips to timeout, there comes a point when every parent feels like they've used all their energy. They may even begin to wonder if the punishment they’ve used is really working.
Punishment is not the only option a parent has when correcting behavior. Discipline is the other, better option. Proactive Parenting can show you another way.
What's the difference between discipline and punishment?
When a parent reacts, a child may emotionally withdraw from his parent in order to survive the yelling, threats or punishment.
That means the focus of the situation has now shifted from the situation at hand, to the feelings caused by the parent and child’s reactions.
However, when a parent responds, the focus remains on what the child did.
The parent gets to use discipline to talk to him and show him that what he did wasn’t okay, and help him learn what he should have done instead.
When parents react they tend to reach for punishment.
When parents respond they tend to reach for discipline, which is teaching.
All Proactive Parenting seminars:
• Help parents understand the topics from a new perspective, which expands the age
range of the topic past what's stated on the product page.
• State each method in a clear step-by-step way for easy referencing
• Offer several different methods in each seminar for a parent to choose from, because
each family is different and has different needs All Proactive Parenting seminars work with, not against the developmental phases and teach a child how to manage their behavior at home and in public.
How do we do it?
The seminars all:
• Use real-life situations, like the ones you deal with every day
• Get pulled apart to show you where things broke down
• Explain why it broke down
• Share the details of how to change the behavior |
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The new solution is then woven back into the same real-life scenario the seminar began with so you know exactly what to say and do when the behavior surfaces again. The techniques also share what to do if things don’t go as you hoped they would first time.
Once you’ve downloaded the seminars you can listen to them wherever you are, in the car, on a MP3, at the gym on your iPod, or anytime on your computer, whatever works for you!
All of the seminars provide solutions that create a foundation of respect that parents will use for years to come, a roadmap or manual for parenting if you will, and so much more.
Is it time to change things, stop the yelling and begin the teaching? Get started now!
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- Visit the Coaching page and email me for a FREE 15 minute Coaching Consultation so you can see if personalize assistance is what you want for your family.
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"Discipline expresses a parent's boundaries with the emotional volume turned down."
Sharon Silver, Founder of Proactive Parenting
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