Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles:
Secrets to Effective Discipline

Audience: Parents and Professionals

Do you ever wonder what the difference is between listening to a child and spoiling him? Do you worry that if you give in today you will be giving in forever? Have you ever been frustrated because strategies that seem to work for others don’t work for you? What do you do when everyday activities become battles nobody wins? 

Power struggles are like a great mystery. The real story is never what it looks like at first glance. And like a great mystery, a power struggle cannot be solved until we discover the real culprits. 

Join Mary Sheedy Kurcinka to discover:

• How to build a relationship that makes kids WANT to work with you;
• Strategies for identifying the REAL feelings and needs that fuel the power struggles;
• The secret to managing the intensity — yours and the children’s;
• Techniques for teaching children respectful and appropriate ways to express feelings and needs;
• Tools to help you stop reacting and instead win cooperation and have more fun.