by Lori Wildenberg | Sep 18, 2017 | Anger, Character Development
“I just want my kid to be happy.” This is a typical parent sentiment. Parents who embrace the happy philosophy while implementing the 10 practices below end up with the thing they had hoped to avoid; a bitter, unhappy kid. The child blames mom and dad for...
by Lori Wildenberg | Jun 19, 2017 | Anger, Character Development
Naming and owning emotions is part three in the series on how to increase your child ‘s emotional intelligence. In the previous EQ post, learning to identify the bodily changes that accompany various emotions was discussed. Once our kids can...
by Lori Wildenberg | Jun 5, 2017 | Anger, Character Development, Communication
The earth shakes, the volcano explodes.No…it’s not a natural disaster–it is the catastrophic emotion of a child who is unable to self regulate.The good news is self-control is a skill to be developed.When big emotions are stirred the natural...
by Lori Wildenberg | May 22, 2017 | Anger, Character Development
Do you have a child or young adult who vomits his feelings? After spewing his emotions he feels better but you are still in the stench of that emotional expulsion. How can we train our kids express their feelings without doing an affect purge? We do it by training...
by Lori Wildenberg | Jan 30, 2017 | Anger, Character Development, Communication, Discipline, Teen, Tween
Do you see evidence of this type of behavior in your home? Dismissive Dramatic Distant Disconnected Do you hear: “What are you looking at?” “Chill. I’ll do it in a minute.” “I’m so dumb.” “You don’t know...
by Lori Wildenberg | Aug 29, 2016 | Anger, Character Development, Communication
“My kid likes to pick fights with me. She loves to poke me and get under my skin.”Rebels and prodigals love to argue and accuse. They know just what buttons to push to get an emotional rise out of mom and dad.Jesus can relate. He had the same issues....
