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- The keys: Boredom, The Minute Drill and Penalty Box

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Parenting Challenges
- Afraid of new situations
Click to use Penalty Box.

- Agreements and consequences
- Allowance and chores
- Anger
- Anger - Hitting
- Back-talk
Click to use the Minute Drill.

- Bossiness
Click to use Penalty Box.

- Brushing teeth at night
Click to use the Minute Drill.

- Chores
Click to use the Minute Drill.

- Clearly state your rules
- Conflict resolution techniques
- Correcting vs. criticism
- Cries to much
Click to use the Minute Drill.

- Damages other child's toys
- Defiant behavior
Click to use the Minute Drill.

- Eldest child is not a parent
- Expressing feelings
- Fighting
Click to use Penalty Box.

- Fighting in the car
- Fighting, spoiling outing fun
Click to use Penalty Box.

- Getting out of difficult situations
- Going to bed at night
Click to use the Minute Drill.

- Grandparent problems
- Homework
Click to use the Minute Drill.

- Introducing a child to friends
- Kids hear everything
- Misbehaving with company
Click to use Penalty Box.
Click to use the Minute Drill.

- Name calling, swearing, spitting
- No emotional blackmail
- No must mean NO
- Phone interruptions
Click to use Penalty Box.
Click to use the Minute Drill.

- Potty training
- Respect
- Room clean: Teens and tots
Click to use the Minute Drill.

- Rude to another adult
Click to use Penalty Box.

- Safe to be wrong
- Sleeping in the same bed with parents
- Smoking, drinking, sex
- Stealing
- Tattling
Click to use the Minute Drill.

- Teach how to say NO
- TEEN: Acts bored when talked to
- TEEN: Attitude/Homework
- TEEN: Breaks Curfew
- TEEN: Earning privileges
- TEEN: Refuses to do something/meet at 8pm
- Teaching responsibility
- Television: Effect of TV
- Television: Watching too much TV
- Telling the truth
- Temper tantrums
Click to use Penalty Box.

- Temper tantrum question
Click to use Penalty Box.

- Threatening your child
- Tickling or rough housing
- Value of Self-esteem
- Winning in sports
- Winning and Self-esteem