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Parent-Child Communication

Talking with your child in a way that actually gets through, at every age.

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Parent-Child CommunicationAll ages · 45 min

Our Ways in Raising Children, Part 3

45 min · In the third part of his series “Our Ways,” Sheikh Ali Hammuda completes his list of twelve habits he says wear…

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Parent-Child CommunicationEarly Childhood – Teen · 9 min

How to Teach Your Kids to Handle Conflict Prophetically

9 min · Disagreements are part of life, between siblings, friends, neighbors, and even between parents and children. In the final episode of Raising…

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Parent-Child CommunicationEarly Childhood – Preteen · 19 min

How to Say No to Your Kids and Get Them to Listen

19 min · Saying no is part of loving your child, but how do you set limits without becoming harsh, or giving in to…

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Parent-Child CommunicationEarly Childhood – Teen · 5 min

When Helping an Upset Child, Don’t Talk — Try This Instead

5 min · When a child is in full meltdown, our instinct is to talk them down — to explain, soothe, or reason with…

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Parent-Child CommunicationEarly Childhood – Teen · 21 min

How to Talk So Kids Will Actually Listen — Backed by Science

21 min · Communication professor Bruce Lambert presents five principles drawn from Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s parenting book How to Talk So Kids…

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Parent-Child CommunicationMiddle Childhood – Teen · 14 min

The 3 Second Response That Stops Backtalk Completely

14 min · A counterintuitive approach to backtalk: instead of immediately explaining, arguing, or lecturing, respond with one short, neutral boundary and then stop…

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