Show-notes Episode 27

Strengthening Your Relationship with Your Child

If life as a parent is less than perfect right now, if you feel like you are on a hamster wheel, living the same life over and over again, it may be an indication that it's time to make some shifts in your parenting. 

In today’s episode, we will talk about three practical ways you can begin to change your parenting style to better support your relationship with your teen. 

Learn about:

1) Switching from a model of Punishment to a model of Discipline

2) Switch from Lectures to Discussions

3) Switch from a parenting model of Telling to a parenting model of Sharing

Your to-do list:

Make a list of 5 things to do to make you feel good and put them in your calendar.  Take a hot bath, have coffee with a friend, watch a reality show, exercise, or take a walk.  Find a way to pour back into yourself. 

Remember to take things one day at a time. 

Resources: 

Book quoted:

• Raising Teens in a Contrary Culture by Mark Gregston

Article quoted:

• Sharing vs. Telling by Vince Gowmon

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