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The Toxic Advice You Are Giving To Your Kids

June 27, 2019 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

“Always try your best” is a sage piece of advice almost every parent has shared with their kids. This saying is seemingly innocent, but in […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Parenting, Well-Being Tagged With: advice, bad, best, children, doing your best, kids, parenting, school, skills, Stress, toxic, what not to say

Be a Positive Influence

April 9, 2015 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

Another typical day at the Miller residence. Meghan has been critical of her 10-year-old son, Jackson, all morning. He was slow to get ready for […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: be a positive influence, happiness, influence, parenting, parents, relationship

Trying to Control Our Kids

April 3, 2015 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

You’ve probably heard this said countless times already, but it is true: Raising children can be one of the most rewarding and challenging endeavors we […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Parenting, Relationships, Uncategorized Tagged With: choices, coercive strategies, control, freedom, influence, parenting, reactance, technology, William Glasser

Motivation and Organization for Adolescents

March 4, 2015 by admin Leave a Comment

Motivation and Organization for Adolescents! In my last post, I discussed the difficulties parents and children often experience with staying organized and managing a hectic […]

Filed Under: ADD/ADHD, Educational Support, Happiness & Well-Being, Parenting, Parenting - Book & Media Recs Tagged With: educational support, motivation, organization, parenting, strategies

Alternatives to Time-Out

December 3, 2014 by admin 1 Comment

I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving full of gratitude and savoring! This week, I am following up to my last post about how […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Parenting - Book & Media Recs Tagged With: alternatives to time-out, effective strategies, parenting, positive discipline, praise, take a break

Steps for an Effective Time-Out

November 5, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

 Last week, we talked about how to effectively prepare for using time-out by working on hitting the “magic ratio” in your interactions with your child, […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: consequences, consistency, effective, parenting, positive, positive discipline, praise, rules, time out

Using the “Magic Ratio” for Positive Parenting

October 12, 2014 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

Positive Parenting and Relationships For this blog, I want to cover a positive parenting approach that is a much more effective alternative to corporal punishment. In […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: corporal punishment, external control, Gottman, magic ratio, parenting, Positive Parenting, positive relationship, praise, rewards

What’s the Right Amount to Reward and Punish Kids?

February 18, 2012 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

To begin with, this is sort of a trick question. I’m not a big fan of punitive measures and other coercive means to get kids and teens […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: behavior management, bond, connection, consequences, discipline, parenting, punishment, relationship, reward, rewards

The Keys to Being an Effective Parent

November 6, 2011 by Dr. Mike Brooks 3 Comments

As parents, we all try to do our best to do a good job. But with thousands of books on the topic of parenting as […]

Filed Under: Book & Media Recommendations, Happiness & Well-Being, Negative Moods & Emotions, Parenting, Parenting - Book & Media Recs, Relationships Tagged With: children, effective, effective parent, happy, healthy, parenting, parents, success

A Response to the “Tiger Mother” and a Thanks to Disney

October 2, 2011 by Dr. Mike Brooks 2 Comments

First, before I jump into this topic, I want to apologize for the long delay since my last blog. I recently had a third child, […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Parenting, Parenting - Book & Media Recs, Relationships Tagged With: education, happiness, parenting, parents, positive psychology, prize, success, tiger mother, tiger parenting, tiger parents, winning

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