ADHD tends to be a very complicated constellation of symptoms. There’s no blood test that we can give to examine whether your child has ADHD. It’s really a diagnosis that is based on symptoms and what we observe in children. The funny thing is when you look through the system list, all of them are […]
How to Parent a Child with ADHD Read More »
Many parents have asked me for tricks to calm down a hyper child. I don’t have any tricks, but I’ve got five specific ideas that I think are going to help. The first tip is not going to surprise you at all. You get to be the example of calm and peaceful and centered and
How to Calm Down a Hyper Child Read More »
I love getting requests from our YouTube viewers on topics to cover and this topic came from one of our viewers. How to deal with a stubborn child? I have 5 positive parenting tips to help you with a stubborn child. The number one tip number is stay calm. Don’t allow the child’s mood to
How to Deal with a Stubborn Child Read More »
People Before Problems Relationships Before Rules Values Before Valuables Making Memories Before Messes Babies Before Business Humor Before Hassle Paul: It’s not the first time we’ve taken this one on, Vicki. How often does this come up for us? Vicki: All the time, I think. Paul: We get requests. We get comments. We get people
6 Strategies To Control My Temper With My Child Read More »
Vicki: Paul and I are going to take on the topic How to Handle An Aggressive Child Toward a Parent with an acronym. The word is CHILL. Calm your own emotional response, model what that calmness looks like for them. Paul: That’s such a powerful learning tool. What you show them is huge. Vicki: You
How Do You Handle Aggressive Child Behavior Toward A Parent? Read More »
Hi! Dr. Paul here again. I’ve got some tips for you today about how to motivate lazy young adults. I am going to assume you are a parent or an employer trying to motivate a young adult on your team. What can you do? Step number 1, lose the lazy. I mean the label of
How To Motivate Lazy Young Adults Read More »
Even with our best efforts, sometimes we do it. We lose our cool and yell at our kids. How do you apologize to your child for yelling? We can learn something from our kids. You know when your kids are kind of conflicted with each other and they end up hurting each other they end
How To Apologize To Your Child For Yelling Read More »
There are four things that you must do to win a custody battle, but they are probably not what you would expect. As a professional psychologist, 13 years of my career was committed to doing child custody evaluations for the court before I switched over to positive psychology. Here is what I learned. As a
Winning A Custody Battle – Four Things You Must Do Read More »
I talk a lot in my positive psychology practice about things you should do, or try to do, or say to your kids. Today, while giving you 10 things to never say to your child, I am not trying to be negative, but help you to understand that what we say matters. I found an
10 Things You Should Never Say To Your Child Read More »
We know there are things we should never say to a child, but, since I am the positivity guy, it might be nice to tell you what you should say to your children. This came from early in my career when I was introduced to Foster Klein and Jim Fay, the guys who created “Parenting
3 Things You Should Say to Your Children Everyday Read More »
