by Rich Patterson | Aug 15, 2018 | Parenting
It’s in the People Parenting our kids requires constant calibration. I mean, it seems like we’re constantly adjusting, catching, cautioning, checking, reassuring, helping, pushing; the list is endless. In the blog on 08/13/18, I wrote about Focusing on...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 13, 2018 | Parenting
Parenting on Purpose: Focus on Energy The voice on the phone said to me, “You’re so positive!” I thought to myself, wow, she can tell just from one sentence. She further said that she gets so few positive calls that she immediately could tell that...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 10, 2018 | Parenting
Parenting on Purpose: Influence #1 In this series on influencing your kids rather than disciplining them, I have discussed the benefits of seven approaches to controlling based on John Maxwell’s book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Today we are focusing...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 8, 2018 | Communication, Parenting
Parenting on Purpose: 7 Influences with Your Kids Think about the times in your life when you made a change. When things were calm, you had time to reflect on an event or series of events in your life that produced change. How did that come about? Who were the...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 6, 2018 | Communication, Parenting
Parenting on Purpose: Influence Your Kids I would often wonder why I even tried to discipline our kids as a parent. I mean, after a while, it just doesn’t seem to work! They take the punishment and then go about their business with a very short or not at all...
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