October 17th, 2016
Parent Training Blog
Parent Training Blog
September 28th, 2016
Letting People Know the Real You
In the P.E.T. program, self-disclosing messages are referred to as I-Messages.* An l-Message is a communication about the self — […]
September 13th, 2016
What to Do When You Need to Confront Your Child
So what about you and your needs as a parent? When do your thoughts and feelings get expressed? When and […]
August 29th, 2016
More Helpful Stuff for Better Active Listening
P.E.T. suggests that when children own problems that the parent respond by: Attending, Accepting, Active Listening. It is important for […]
August 8th, 2016
The Many Different Kinds of Listening
(Excerpted from the P.E.T. Workbook) Listening is one of the most vital ingredients of our communication with children, partners, [...]
July 13th, 2016
The Discipline Debate
(This article is excerpted from Dr. Thomas Gordon’s book, Teaching Children Self-Discipline, 1989.) One of my favorite college professors badgered […]
June 14th, 2016
“An Open Letter to My Child Who is in the Next Room”: Rewriting A Mother’s Letter to Her Teenage Daughter
“An Open Letter to My Teen Daughter Who Is In The Next Room” is a short blog by Margarita Gokun […]
May 11th, 2016
My First Parent Effectiveness Training Class
By Guest Blogger: Virag Szomora (from Hungary) My first P.E.T. teaching experience was wonderful. First I was very afraid, that […]
April 26th, 2016
Is it Fear or Regard – Why Do Our Children Respect Us?
“Shouldn’t we be teaching our children to respect us?” said a father in a session of my parenting class. “I […]
April 12th, 2016