JOYrific: POWERSTRUGGLE

Dr. Joy Lea and Jamie Lea Braithwaite come together to chat about Power Struggles. The following questions are addressed and answered: What is a power struggle? How do you identify a power struggle? Power struggles with young children? Vs Power struggles with tweens/teens? How do you get a child to clean up his/her room? or do an expected chores? What do you do if they won’t do it? How do you avoid a power struggle when your child really wants to go to a friend’s party and you do not want him to go? What do you do with a child that doesn't want to go to school? What do you do with a teenager that refuses to come home on time and stays out past curfew? 4 sure answers to avoiding power struggles • Pick Your Battles • Engage Kids in Problem-Solving • Offer Choices • Give a Warning and Provide a Consequence