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For Your Child – The Best Feedback in the World

For Your Child – The Best Feedback in the World

Compliments. Praise. Recognition. Affirmation. Gratitude. Appreciation. Positive feedback. Positive strokes. Pats on the back. Constructive feedback. Good stuff! Unfortunately, most of the feedback we give our kids is negative. You know - CRITICISM. When we're...

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Saying Nothing: A Powerful, Underappreciated Skill

Saying Nothing: A Powerful, Underappreciated Skill

Both my sons are in their 50s, still pursuing highly successful careers in IT. But I'm still trying to communicate with them effectively, being aware of moments when a particular skill will work best for me -- with my sons, my wife, my business partners, and friends....

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Listening Moments

Listening Moments

Truth-telling time. The most common mistake parents make when interacting with their child is failing to recognize when they should be listening, and they miss the opportunity. I call these opportunities listening moments. Here are some of the most common parent-child...

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The One Thing That Beats Peer Pressure

The One Thing That Beats Peer Pressure

Teens need to be liked and included by friends. And in all sorts of ways, friends can pressure your child to conform and get involved in what they're doing. Not all peer pressure is bad. If your child's friends have good values, they can influence your child to do...

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The Many ‘Listening Moments’

The Many ‘Listening Moments’

In Chapter 4 of my book, Connect with Your Kid: Mastering the Top 10 Parent-Child Communication Skills, I place special emphasis on the skill, "Listening to Understand." The main reasons is that a parent's ability to listen well is crucial in so many situations. These...

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Your Child Can Learn to Listen, Too

Your Child Can Learn to Listen, Too

The book, Connect with Your Kid, is a how-to manual for improving the 10 most important parent-child communication skills. And listening to understand is at the top of the list, for several reasons: When your child is trying to express something, you need to hear it....

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When you improve the way you listen, your child will feel respected and understood, so they stay open to your guidance and the bond between you grows stronger.

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Connect with Your Kid

Connect with Your Kid

Communicating well is a foundation element of effective parenting. How can you be a parent to your child without communicating? Whenever there are problems between parent and child, ineffective communication is almost always a contributing factor. And yet, when you...

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Planting Empowering Thoughts

Planting Empowering Thoughts

A young father was telling me about his two children, a seven-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy. "My daughter is an angel, but my little boy is a terror. He defies me every chance he gets. At lunch I asked him to come to the dinner table and he refused. That...

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