Have a New Kid by Friday
Dr. Kevin Leman
Below are topics he talks about:
- Allowance
- Anger
- Attending Worship
- Attention
- Babysitting
- Bad Language
- Bathing and Hygine
- Bedtime
- Bedwetting
- Bullying
- Carelessness W Money
- Cellphone
- Cheating
- Chores
- Christmas
- Courtesy
- Communicating
- Complaining
- Curfew
- Defiance
- Disruption In Class
- Driving
- Drugs
- Earrings
- Eating Hassles
- Fear
- Fighting In Car
- Forgetfulness
- Going On Overnights
- Grocery Store Antics
- Helpless
- Hitting
- Homeschool Teaching
- Homework
- Hyperactivity
- Ignoring Parents
- Internet
- Interuptions
- Irresponsibility W/ Car
- Isolating
- Know It All
- Lack Of Cooperation
- Lateness
- Laziness
- Lying
- Manners
- Me Me Me
- Messy Rooms
- Misuse Of TV
- Music
- Music Lessons
- My Space
- Name Calling
- Not Getting Up
- Nursing
- Obsessive Compulsive
- Overeating
- Over caution
- Parties
- Peer Influence
- Pets
- Picky Eaters
- Pornography
- Potty Training
- Power Games
- Procrastination
- Punching Holes
- Put Downs
- Respect
- Retention
- Rolling Eyes
- Rudeness
- Saying Thanks
- Screaming
- Selfishness
- Sharing
- Showing Off
- Shyness
- Sibling Rivalry
- Slamming Doors
- Smoking
- Spaciness
- Spanking
- Spitting
- Sports
- Stealing
- Stomping
- Stubbornness
- Talking Back
- Tattling
- Tattoos
- Telephone courtesy
- Temper Tantrums
- Thumb sucking
- Undereating
- Unkindness
- Wardrobe
- When Life Isn’t Fair
- Whiners
- Youth Activities
Top 10 Countdowns to Having New Kid by Friday:
10. Consistent in your behavior as a parent
9. Always follow through
8. Respond, don’t react
7. What would old self do – do what new self would do
6. Never threaten
5. Never get angry and apologize when do
4. Don’t give warnings – if do, you are saying, “you are so stupid I have to tell you more than once”
3. Ask self, who’s problem is this – don’t own what is not yours
2. Don’t think problem will go away
1. Keep a happy face on – even when want to do something else
“A” (attitude), “B” (behavior) and “C” (character) – all in their order.
Remember that “B” (behavior) doesn’t happen until “A” (attitude) is taken care of.