Dealing with the Unexpected
The Opposite of What You Expect In our previous four segments we have examined “Meaning Business” – calmness, keeping your mouth shut...
Nasty Backtalk
Upping the Ante In our previous segment we became familiar with the various types of “whiny backtalk.” Familiarity reduces the element of...
Responding to Backtalk: When In Doubt, Do Nothing
Eliminating the Element of Surprise In our previous segment we learned the Cardinal Error of dealing with backtalk. The Cardinal Error of...
Calm Is Strength: Responding to Backtalk
Upset Is Weakness In our previous segment we learned that calm is strength and upset is weakness. To put this statement into perspective,...
Consistency in Action
Being Consistent In last month's blog we examined consistency. We pointed out that there is no such thing as “very consistent.”...
Staying Calm while Setting Limits
I found this article today at Yahoo! Parenting by Erin Zammett Ruddy. Her 7-year-old shoplifted and she made him return to the store and...