by Rich Patterson | Aug 7, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Parental Discipline Okay, you have established some rules, set some consequences, negotiated this upfront in advance of a big problem, and solicited your child’s feedback. Now what? Now, you must enforce those consequences as agreed. Enforcing...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 5, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Personal Standards In this series, I have been addressing What Kids Need in their lives to be resilient in their thinking, choices, values, integrity, and friendships. In this post, I will talk about a favorite topic of mine, Personal Standards. It...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 2, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Expectations The human psyche default, without any guidelines or expectations, is generally to the negative. We must have some general guidelines that we provide to our kids to avoid ending up in a sticky mess like this photo. I don’t know if...
by Rich Patterson | Jul 31, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Parents as a Resource It seems nearly impossible when listening to our young person not to give advice. As parents, we have so many stories, have lived so many situations, and endured various circumstances that we can, at times, see what is coming. ...
by Rich Patterson | Jul 28, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Positive Supports Everywhere Parenting is painful at times, and getting kids to share with you can be even more difficult. In this series, What Kids Need, I will address that they need Positive Supports Everywhere. Ensuring positive supports are...
by Rich Patterson | Jul 27, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Adults Talking to Them I am amazed at the adults, many of whom raised kids, who go to public places and act as if they are afraid to talk with kids, particularly teenagers. Kids need adults who will speak with them and help them build their...
by Rich Patterson | Jul 26, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Other Adults In this series on What Kids Need, I would like to suggest that kids need other adults in their life. These individuals may be family friends, relatives, community members, volunteers from a civic organization, local church, or other...
by Rich Patterson | Jul 19, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
5 What Kids Need: Solid Communication In part three of this series, What Kids Need, I want to talk about Solid Communication. This conversation level is different than casual, what’s going on conversation. These are serious conversations, helping them build...
by Rich Patterson | Jul 17, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Parents as Advisors In part two of the series, What Kids Need, I would like to talk about Parents as Advisors. Being a parent is a bit like being a personal coach with your young person. If you hired a personal coach to help you with your life, you...
by Rich Patterson | Jul 15, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Family Support In this series, I will talk about what kids need in their life. What needs to be there for them to develop strong character and reliable resiliency in their life? Today I want to talk about family support. Family support is critical,...
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