Have a New Teenager by Friday: How to Establish Boundaries, Gain Respect & Turn Problem Behaviors Around in 5 Days by Kevin Leman

Author:Kevin Leman [Leman, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0800720210
Amazon: B005BOXOIU
Publisher: Revell
Published: 2011-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

Establish equality.

It Worked for Me

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Ever since Dan and I joined our families three years ago, it’s been like World War III around the house. Our kids just don’t get along. Talk about loving the unlovable; we’ve had a lot of experience with that. But we were sick of the wars and the chip-on-the-shoulder attitudes.

After hearing you talk about what kids of divorce go through, we decided to call a family council. We told them that we understood they weren’t happy with their new situation—or gaining siblings they didn’t want—and they had a reason for being angry about it. But we all had a choice—either to stay angry at each other, or to try to work things out. Then we asked, “What can we do to help?”

Our kids were stunned into silence at first, then they started talking. The things they said were hard to hear—their disappointment in our previous marriages falling apart, that Dad or Mom wasn’t part of their lives anymore. But for the first time we were talking instead of yelling. That night was a turning point for us. Now we have family councils once a week—to let the air out of the balloon, as you suggested, before it blows. Life isn’t perfect, but it’s working!

Eileen, New Mexico

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