Parenting plans – and strategies – to deal with kids’ behavioral challenges

Under quarantines and stay-at-home orders, families are together more now than ever. And, dealing with kids’ challenging behaviors can make it even harder. As parents adjust to homeschooling their kids, they are gaining a newfound appreciation (and longing) for teachers. Dr. Ross Greene is a clinical child psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of the influential books, The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Raising Human Beings, and Lost & Found. Dr. Greene joins us to explain his Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS) model, an approach parents can use to understand and handle their child’s behavior issues – under any circumstance. But he believes this moment presents an opportunity for parents to model resilience and flexibility, build empathy with their kids, and team up with them to solve underlying problems that cause challenging behaviors. Listen to this episode to learn: -Why behaviors like aggression, defiance, tantrums, and sulking are signals of a child’s underlying unmet expectations -Skills that a child with behavior issues may lack, and how to spot them -Plans A, B, and C – the three primary ways in which caregivers can solve problems with kids -Reasons why simply exerting parental power and authority will never truly resolve a child’s behavior issues -How to collaborate with your child to discover the unmet expectations and unsolved problems that are causing their behaviors -Tips for getting on the same page with your partner to successfully deal with behavior issues For more information and free resources for parents, visit www.livesinthebalance.org.