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Handling Outbursts and Avoiding Emotional Meltdowns
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There are different views of “right” and “wrong” with discipline. Our approach combines both positive and negative consequences.
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| Does getting your child to do something feel like an impossible task? One of the reasons may be the way you’re giving an instruction. |
| Stop asking the same thing over and over, stop raising your voice, start following these steps to get kids to listen the FIRST time. |
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| I have two teenage boys, ages 15 and 17. Both are messing around with all kinds of drugs and have been kicked out of high schools for selling drugs. They won't go to school. They skip all the time. |
| I am wondering how to stop the constant bickering between an 11-year-old and his 12-1/2-year-old brother. It’s getting ridiculous, the things they bicker about.
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| I am a single mom with a mentally ill daughter and a son who has such deep-seated anger that he has become dangerous. |
| Children learn that life is full of choices and that their choices have an outcome. When you give effective consequences, your child learns behaviors that will lead to success. |
| As a parent and a Family-Teacher at Boys Town, I have learned that Boys Town’s method of disciplining children can be incredibly effective for all parents. |
| As a parent and a Family-Teacher at Boys Town, I have learned that Boys Town’s method of disciplining children can be incredibly effective for all parents. |
| I don’t think I am effectively disciplining my six-year-old son. He seems immune to punishment. What should I do? |
| I am a stay-at-home mom with an out-of-control 3-year-old boy. He is destructive. He throws toys, breaks things, screams, hits and torments the dog. |
| Watch this Quick Tips video from Boys Town parenting expert Laura Buddenberg about the importance of taking the time to acknowledge your kids when they do well. |
| Time-out involves removing your child from the good stuff in life, for a small amount of time, immediately following misbehavior. Here are some ways to make it more effective. |
| Physical punishment typically occurs in heated emotional states. This is the least effective time to teach children, and you can’t expect children to learn what you are trying to teach them. |
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