Don’t Send Your Teens The Wrong Message
Responding too quickly or not at all to what teens do and say gives them the wrong message. Let them ponder their thoughts out loud so they can hear themselves think. This will allow them the opportunity to form an opinion about their own thoughts just like they do with all the other thoughts around them. I explain how this creates connections with them and contributes to developing them...
Read MoreDabbling with the Dark Side
When children, teens or even adults Dabble with the Dark Side, it is often their reaction to their loss of power in their current life situation. The appeal is for them to be in charge of something. They may show this tendency in their gaming choices, their internet interests, or their choice of friends and the topics they discuss. I...
Read MoreDestressing Your Kids
Kids absorb the stress within family relationships. In this video, relationship expert Norm Quantz briefly touches on 3 principles that parents can live by to help DEstress their children. Consistency, even though it is not perfect, can keep children from the anxiety of constantly preparing themselves for the inconsistencies lived and...
Read MoreFather / Child Relationship after Marriage Break-up
In the video “Child Development and Parental Influence” I talked about the atmosphere created by parents and other influences in a child’s life. In this video I talk about another aspect of that atmosphere. What happens in the event that parents separate, divorce or end the relationship and the father takes on the role of the good...
Read MoreHow Children are Influenced by Parents and Others
In this video, Norm expands on the previous video about how children absorb the atmosphere around them and he goes into more detail about the concept of powerful influences. Children mimic the things that most powerfully influence them so there is a tendency with children to try to get close to and replicate the person or people in...
Read MoreChild Development and Parental Influence
Children are like sponges soaking up the atmosphere around them and they especially soak it up from the most powerful influence in their lives. Drawing from his experiences working within the school system where he spent several years developing counseling programs and working with some of the most difficult children within that...
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