Parents are often feel helpless when it comes to the challenges inherent in parenting today’s children. It is often difficult for them to find the support they need to make the constant decisions necessary when bringing up youngsters. Who can provide the answers that moms and dads seek? Grandparents may have raised their children in an atmosphere that advocated punishment as a means of assuring obedience from children. Neighbors and friends may be raising their kids in a way that other parents find objectionable. Many parents even find that they have differences of opinion with their own spouses in relation to the best child-rearing practices. Parents have many concerns about handling such issues as those related to:
Parents are often stuck employing the same methods over and over again in an attempt to convince their children to change behaviors that parents find troublesome. When those methods are futile, caretakers often find that they are either constantly angry with their children or they give up and become totally permissive. Neither extreme is very effective in teaching children those lessons that they need to learn as they mature. Parent coaching is very effective in helping parents learn to utilize the tactics that will help children to thrive as they grow. Daily stress in the household does not have to be an accepted norm. YOU AS A PARENT CAN OFTEN LEARN TO MAKE CHANGES IN YOUR CHILDREN’S BEHAVIOR WITHOUT STRUGGLING TO BRING THEM TO WEEKLY THERAPY APPOINTMENTS ON A LONG-TERM BASIS.
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