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	Parenting With Dignity - featured on ABC's 20/20 - Five rules for parents (books and videos about raising responsible, independent kids)
	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. © 2005
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Raising Kids in Today's Confusing Drug Culture

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! ...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Mon, 6 Mar 2006 16:15:46 -0700

Self-Esteem/Self-Concept/Self-Worth

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....

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:36:46 -0700

"Quick Fix for Misbehavin' Kids?

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...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:34:42 -0700

Speaking of Kids

Far too many people in the world today speak of children as if they had nothing to do with them!

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:52:10 -0700

What Parents Do For Kids

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!”....

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:05:00 -0700

The Ideas in Your Head Will Rule Your World

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....

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:43:19 -0700

Fulfilling a Dream

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...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Tue, 5 Jul 2005 12:30:00 -0700

Play With Your Kids

During summertime, family life becomes more chaotic and less routine. However, summer presents a wonderful new opportunity for parents who choose to grasp it...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:01:26 -0700

Repetition

Do not assume that your kids have heard what you have said simply because you have said it. Repeat it! Repetition is fundamental...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:47:07 -0700

Thanks for Family!

Sometimes the things that annoy us are really things for which we should give thanks...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Sat, 4 Jun 2005 14:35:29 -0700

Happiness is an Attitude of Choice

If I could only teach one idea to every kid I taught in 29 years of teaching, what would that idea be?"...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Thu, 26 May 2005 09:13:08 -0700

Five Great Lessons

Some Important Things Life Teaches Us...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Mon, 23 May 2005 09:41:16 -0700

The Alarm is Sounding

We are alarmed and worried because we are scared! We are scared for the children of America, some of whom belong to you. ....

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Tue, 10 May 2005 12:00:00 -0700

Attitude is Everything

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....

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Fri, 13 May 2005 13:06:14 -0700

Listen

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...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Wed, 11 May 2005 16:01:11 -0700

Tricking kids into self-discovery

My best friend, John Matau, was an amazing teacher! He was a master at "tricking" kids into self-discovering positive ideas about themselves....

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Thu, 5 May 2005 12:00:00 -0700

Reasons to Ask Kids to Limit or Adjust Their Behavior

It seems so many parents want to jump to the consequences of failure before even considering the concept of structuring a situation of success...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Wed, 4 May 2005 10:22:02 -0700

Reasons Punishment Doesn't Work

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...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Mon, 2 May 2005 07:39:26 -0700

Listening

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...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:16:46 -0700

You can fake like you care, but you can't fake being there!

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...

Mac Bledsoe Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:47:44 -0700

America Needs the Sound of Our Children Among Us

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.....

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:00:00 -0700

Heroes

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....

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:00:00 -0700

Shaping kids lives with love

The single most powerful behavior-shaping tool at the disposal of parents is sending the constant and continual message of unconditional love...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:00:02 -0700

Back When I Was a Kid

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...

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Sun, 24 Apr 2005 12:27:32 -0700

Bike riding and present wrapping

Shocking information about the effectiveness of some of the teaching techniques that we choose to use to educate our children.

Mac Bledsoe, Founder of Parenting With Dignity Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:27:32 -0700

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