Naughty, good boy, lousy attitude What do these messages mean? When we tell our kids that they are being naughty, to us it’s clear cut what we mean. But kids are concrete thinkers and often the messages that we send to them are not as clear as we think. As a goal, parents must learn how to send clear messages to our kids that they understand. In the book, Common Sense Parenting, by Raymond Burke and Ronald Herron, the authors offer a great chapter on how to send clear messages. They tell us that we have to tell our kids … Continue reading →