Parenting information, tips and articles from Mac Bledsoe's highly acclaimed Parenting With Dignity program, as featured on ABC's 20/20 and in Mac's books and DVD video parenting program. http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/parenting_advice.xml Parenting 2005 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en Mon, 6 Mar 2006 16:17:58 -0700 Mac Bledsoe Mon, 6 Mar 2006 16:15:46 -0700 General mac@parentingwithdignity.com FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.2.0) http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/images/menu/sliced_tabs/all_parenting_with_dignity_products_1x4.jpg http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/parenting_advice.xml Featured on ABC's 20/20 program, Parenting With Dignity is now available on DVD 113 165 So why is it that so many young people in America are getting hooked on drugs if no parents want that to happen? I believe the answer is really quite simple; kids are getting hooked on drugs simply because parents are not teaching their kids what to do before they are in the situation! ... http://parentingwithdignity.com/PWD/newsletter/archived_issues/2006/2006_march.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Mon, 6 Mar 2006 16:15:46 -0700 When I first began to teach parenting skills, I named my curriculum Self-Esteem Programs. I learned very quickly that using that title was a mistake! It turned out that using the words "Self-Esteem" caused more problems than it was worth.... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0512_self_esteem_self-concept_self-worth.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:36:46 -0700 Ever since I began teaching parenting skills almost 26 years ago, one of the most common fallacies that I have encountered is the mistaken idea in the heads of so many parents that there is some great "Quick Fix" for raising kids that are well behaved, self-assured and well adjusted... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0502_quick_fix_for_misbehaving_kids.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:34:42 -0700 Far too many people in the world today speak of children as if they had nothing to do with them! http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0411_speaking_of_kids.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:52:10 -0700 Following a late morning appointment we stopped for breakfast at a local restaurant. The most cheerful gentleman waited us on. While making the usual small talk he mentioned that as soon as he got off work at the restaurant he was going to his second job as a meat cutter at the local grocery store. The fellow looked about my age so I said, “Wow, you must be putting a kid or two through college!”.... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0410_what_parents_do_for_kids.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:05:00 -0700 It does not matter where the ideas come from, and it doesn't matter whether they are right or wrong, once an idea is in your head, it will rule your world.... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0408_ideas_in_your_head.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:43:19 -0700 Back in 1996, when we set out upon this journey to create our parenting foundation, we developed our "wish-list" of what we most wanted to accomplish... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0312_fulfilling_a_dream.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Tue, 5 Jul 2005 12:30:00 -0700 During summertime, family life becomes more chaotic and less routine. However, summer presents a wonderful new opportunity for parents who choose to grasp it... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0305_play_with_your_kids.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:01:26 -0700 Do not assume that your kids have heard what you have said simply because you have said it. Repeat it! Repetition is fundamental... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/1101_repetition.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:47:07 -0700 Sometimes the things that annoy us are really things for which we should give thanks... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0306_thanks_for_family.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Sat, 4 Jun 2005 14:35:29 -0700 If I could only teach one idea to every kid I taught in 29 years of teaching, what would that idea be?"... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0308_happiness_attitude.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Thu, 26 May 2005 09:13:08 -0700 Some Important Things Life Teaches Us... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0303_five_lessons.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Mon, 23 May 2005 09:41:16 -0700 We are alarmed and worried because we are scared! We are scared for the children of America, some of whom belong to you. .... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0201_alarm_is_sounding.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Tue, 10 May 2005 12:00:00 -0700 The other day I was talking with a very frustrated mother about her daughter who was driving her crazy. She was at wits end and wanted to know what to do to change her daughter.... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0212_attitude_is_everything.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Fri, 13 May 2005 13:06:14 -0700 Love is not just something you say; it is something you do… and listening is one of the most loving acts a parent can do for children... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0204_listen.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Wed, 11 May 2005 16:01:11 -0700 My best friend, John Matau, was an amazing teacher! He was a master at "tricking" kids into self-discovering positive ideas about themselves.... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0211_tricking_into_excellence.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Thu, 5 May 2005 12:00:00 -0700 It seems so many parents want to jump to the consequences of failure before even considering the concept of structuring a situation of success... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0205_adjust_behavior.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Wed, 4 May 2005 10:22:02 -0700 Buck Minor, the cowboy on our ranch, used to always say, If you teach an animal a lesson by meanness or cruelty, don't be surprised if the animal remembers the meanness and cruelty and forgets the lesson... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0203_reasons_punishment_does_not_work.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Mon, 2 May 2005 07:39:26 -0700 All too often, when people say that they can't communicate with their kids what they really mean is that they don't know how to talk so that their kids will listen... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0202_listening.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:16:46 -0700 In the lives of our kids it is often easy to become caught up in the hustle and bustle of daily life and forget to "show up" in our kid's lives... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0701_cant_fake_love.htm Mac Bledsoe Parenting Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:47:44 -0700 One of the real dangers of traveling around the country conducting conferences on parenting issues and writing articles like this one about parenting is that a person can begin thinking that he really is an expert..... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0301_a_familiar_sound.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:00:00 -0700 In today's society like in the past, kids have heroes. This is a good thing. However, in modern society it seems the process of selecting heroes has become rather muddled or confused.... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0201_heroes.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:00:00 -0700 The single most powerful behavior-shaping tool at the disposal of parents is sending the constant and continual message of unconditional love... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0101_shaping_lives_with_love.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:00:02 -0700 We must eliminate a few phrases when we are making decisions about how we will be raising our kids. They are the sayings like: When I was a kid... http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/0401_when_i_was_a_kid.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Sun, 24 Apr 2005 12:27:32 -0700 Shocking information about the effectiveness of some of the teaching techniques that we choose to use to educate our children. http://www.parentingwithdignity.com/rss/1201_bike_riding.htm Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Parenting Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:27:32 -0700