ONLINE PARENTING COACH

Wish your teen would listen to you? Are you at your wit’s end!? Let Online Parent Support help you to end your frustration and start to build a mutually supportive and respectful relationship with your teenager - and still be in charge. Discover: How to diffuse an especially explosive situation through humor, flexibility, and the ability to think outside the box How to get your teen to communicate with you again, even if all he ever says anymore is "Nothing" How to manage hot points such as clothes, driving, Internet, and other topics How to understand the way your teenager perceives the world What you should never say to your teen Why your teenager needs you more than ever - even if he acts otherwise - find out more Do you need help with specific teenage issues? Issues like letting your teen know you care? Or monitoring their activities without breaking their trust? Or perhaps even stronger issues like alcohol, drugs, or “the wrong crowd”? Then Online Pa...

"You talk about discipline is better than punishment. What’s the difference?" Here are some characteristics and results of using a “punishment-based” parenting style (rather than “discipline-based”): Children learn that they better not get caught when misbehaving, and if they don’t get caught there will be no punishment. Children who are usually punished have a hard time trusting. They may react with anger and isolate themselves from their parents. Consequences are inconsistent and unpredictable. As a child, my wife was never sure if she would get into trouble for a certain behavior. As a result, she took the risk, because in her words, she had a 50-50 chance of getting away with it. When she was caught, the punishment was often severe - or not enforced at all. A week grounding usually only lasted two days before her parents forget or grew tired of her being around the house and sent her off to play. In punishment-based parenting, few words of explanation are giv...