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a misbehaving child is a discouraged child and it is the parents’ responsibility to prepare their children to become contributing members of society.

3. Focus on your child’s strengths and innate talents.

And we believe that families are the primary places where children learn how to be adults.

is essential that parents shift their view of parenting from a hands-on, quick-fix, micromanaging, damage-control approach to a hands-off, intentional, proactive relationship-focused approach.

Take time to train the kids to participate in running the house.

Encouragement is meant to inspire

Encouragement teaches kids to rely on themselves

What if you don’t really want to get rid of all the things that drive you crazy, but rather aim to tweak your child’s “negative behaviors” into a strength-filled, useful skill set?

Until the kids are trained and are cooperating on a regular basis within the family, you will continue to use Band-Aid tactics just to get through the day.