by Bonnie Harris | Oct 5, 2021 | Anger Management, Communication, Discipline, Newsletter, tantrums, Teens
Are you exhausted and overwhelmed by your clever little manipulator who fights you every step of the way, won’t take no for an answer and will not be told what to do? Do the words stubborn, demanding, disrespectful, disobedient, and argumentative come to mind? My...
by Bonnie Harris | Jul 23, 2021 | Anger Management, Communication, Discipline, Everyday Parenting, Questions and Answers, Teens
Q. I know that it’s normal for adolescents to reject their parents to some degree but my son (11) has been coming out with some very explicit insults about me. After school today, when I only said, “Hello”, he replied “You’re so annoying.” I said that I felt it was an...
by Bonnie Harris | Apr 16, 2021 | Anger Management, Anxiety, Communication, Discipline, Everyday Parenting
Q. I am at a loss for how to parent my 5 yo daughter. She does whatever she wants, including things that are dangerous or destructive, even when she knows and has agreed to the rules. This morning we were all in the living room and she left to go to the bathroom....
by Bonnie Harris | Mar 19, 2021 | Anger Management, Communication, Everyday Parenting, Mental Health, tantrums
Q. My son will make a negative statement about anything and then immediately follow it by a more extreme version, e.g. “I want to die…I have wanted to die since I was born!” OR “No, I don’t know that you love me…I have NEVER known...
by Bonnie Harris | Mar 5, 2021 | Addiction, Anger Management, Discipline, Everyday Parenting
Do you yell more often than you like? Does yelling fall short of getting the result you want? Do you find yourself yelling when you don’t realize you’re doing it? Do your kids say you yell all the time? Is yelling easier than stay calm? If you answer yes to any of...
by Bonnie Harris | Feb 17, 2021 | Anger Management, Coaching & Counseling, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting
Q. My 6 yr. old son is worrying me to death. He seems to wake up in the morning with a wish to hurt as many things as he can – including me and sister. He has even screamed at his grandparents. If anyone so much as looks at him funny or tells him to do anything, he...
