by Kirk Martin | Mar 21, 2017 | Calm Parenting
Break A Strong-Willed Child’s Spirit? Casey and I went for a walk last week after our workshop. He told me that a well-meaning Mom approached him and said the following: “God gave us two good children and one strong-willed son. He fights us over...
by Kirk Martin | Feb 8, 2017 | Calm Parenting
You must get comfortable with the fact that sometimes your kids are simply not going to like you or be happy with your choices. You must get comfortable with the silent treatment and feeling that distance. I don’t want you to be mean, short, abrupt, rushed, hurried. I...
by Kirk Martin | Feb 7, 2017 | Calm Parenting
So I want you to begin a new tradition that invests in your marriage and creates proper boundaries—don’t discount this. If you’re a single parent, you can simply do this alone. I’m going to dramatize this, but here’s what it sounds like. I’d love for Dad to come home...
by Kirk Martin | Feb 6, 2017 | Calm Parenting
HOW TO DISAGREE RESPECTFULLY Forward this message from my son, Casey, to your kids. I have watched almost all of my friends in their early 20’s struggle with their relationships. I know how important the quality of relationships is in life. Very few kids...
by Kirk Martin | Feb 5, 2017 | Calm Parenting
So here’s a perfect example of getting to the root of the issue versus looking at outward behavior that we talked about in the last newsletter. I call this great Mom for our 52-minute phone consultation and this is what I hear: “My son is not listening to...
by Kirk Martin | Feb 5, 2017 | Calm Parenting
Parents and teachers understandably focus almost all of their attention on a child’s behavior. But most of the time it’s not a behavior issue. And that’s why consequences, behavior charts, and bribery simply don’t work for more than a few days,...
