EmpoweringParents.com » Power Struggles http://empoweringparents.com/blog The Blog For Effective Parenting Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:09:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en Are Boot Camps Safe for Your Child? http://empoweringparents.com/blog/news/are-boot-camps-safe-for-your-child-%e2%80%93-part-1-of-2/ http://empoweringparents.com/blog/news/are-boot-camps-safe-for-your-child-%e2%80%93-part-1-of-2/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 11:00:38 +0000 Elisabeth Wilkins, EP Editor http://empoweringparents.com/blog/news/are-boot-camps-safe-for-your-child-%e2%80%93-part-1-of-2/ Has anyone out there ever sent their teen to a boot camp, and if so, was it a good experience for your child? I’ve heard good and bad things over the years, myself. My friend’s son had a great experience at wilderness camp, and really turned his life around. Another friend’s teen-age son also had an incredible experience at a similar type of camp, but in his case the life-changing part only lasted about 2 weeks, according to my friend, when he reverted to his old ways once home. So far I haven’t personally known anyone who has been injured or hurt at camp, but I’m curious to hear if any of you have. (more…)

]]> http://empoweringparents.com/blog/news/are-boot-camps-safe-for-your-child-%e2%80%93-part-1-of-2/feed/ A Day in the Life of a Child with O.D.D. http://empoweringparents.com/blog/odd/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-child-with-odd/ http://empoweringparents.com/blog/odd/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-child-with-odd/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:00:31 +0000 James Lehman, MSW http://empoweringparents.com/blog/odd/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-child-with-odd/ A day with a child who has Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a series of battles. It starts when they wake up, continues at breakfast, intensifies when they have to get dressed, and doesn’t end until they fight with you over bedtime.

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]]> http://empoweringparents.com/blog/odd/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-child-with-odd/feed/ Ask the Parental Support Specialists: Power Struggle Over Haircuts http://empoweringparents.com/blog/ask-parental-support-specialists/ask-the-parental-support-specialists-power-struggle-over-haircuts/ http://empoweringparents.com/blog/ask-parental-support-specialists/ask-the-parental-support-specialists-power-struggle-over-haircuts/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:00:53 +0000 Megan Devine, LCPC http://empoweringparents.com/blog/ask-parental-support-specialists/ask-the-parental-support-specialists-power-struggle-over-haircuts/ I need help with a power struggle with a 13 year old boy and his parents (us)… my son doesn’t want (refuses) to get his longish hair cut, we (parents) want it cut… I have canceled a recent haircut appointment so we can talk it over together, but that has resulted in nothing but my son “winning” the argument.

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