You Can Win Over a Difficult Parent

Date: December 17th, 2018

Parents often bring the baggage of their own school experiences with them to parent/teacher night. Here’s how I handle that.

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Your Kid Punched Someone!

Date: March 7th, 2018

A parent told me: “Well, I told my kid if someone goes after him on the playground he should just bash ‘em.”

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A child’s “right” doesn’t make his response correct

Date: March 17th, 2016

It’s so important to teach children that how they respond to a situation matters. And they only have control over their response. Sometimes we need to help their parents understand this as well. Watch this video for more.

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Should parents punish kids for in-school behavior?

Date: March 3rd, 2016

For consequences to work the best, they need to be timely. Watch this video to see why it’s important that consequences are given at school for in-school behavior.

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Don’t over protect from failing

Date: December 23rd, 2015

Failing is a part of life. We need to allow kids to experience this so they can learn to succeed. Watch this video for more.

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Advice for parents in teacher meeting

Date: August 27th, 2015

If a parent had a hard time in school when they were a kid, then they carry that baggage into every school meeting. Watch this video for a tip on how, we as a parent, can control our responses in those meetings.

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Understand the parents’ heartache or lose the battle.

Date: December 19th, 2013

Watch this video [1:39] to see how to work with parents of difficult children.

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