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         <title>Child Behavior Problems - How To Handle The &quot;Victim&quot;</title>
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         <description>One of the difficulties that kids have is flawed thinking, or "stinking thinking". In fact, it's a problem that adults have, too. Just what I'm talking about is any time you think a specific way in order to justify a conduct. For instance, if you are on a diet program and you treat yourself to a big piece of cake because you've been doing such a good job, that's a thinking error. Rewarding yourself in that way is counter-productive to your objectives, and is justifying the piece of pie. It's not logical, and it's self-defeating.Kids are also pros of thinking errors, which is understandable, for the reason that from my practical knowledge teenagers don't start thinking rationally until at some point in their twenties. So up until that point in time, their thinking is faulty. A good illustration of this is the victim attitude.It's not my fault!That's the mantra of the teenager with the victim attitude - that nothing at all is ever their mistake. Usually this stance occurs about when they are challenged by a problem, or they cannot meet their responsibilities.  **End Summary**  Topics: <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/parenting" rel="tag">parenting</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/children" rel="tag">children</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/teenagers" rel="tag">teenagers</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/teens" rel="tag">teens</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/child+behavior" rel="tag">child behavior</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/behavior+management" rel="tag">behavior management</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/family" rel="tag">family</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/home" rel="tag">home</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/marriage" rel="tag">marriage</a>]]> <![CDATA[relationships]]> <![CDATA[women's issues]]> <![CDATA[social situations]]> <![CDATA[health]]> <![CDATA[total]]><![CDATA[<p>]]> About the Author: <![CDATA[<br>]]> Matt writes articles about parenting and child raising, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://positiveparentingskills.com/does-the-total-transformation-really-work/&quot;&gt;Does Total Transformation work&lt;/a&gt; and also reports on &lt;a href=&quot;http://positiveparentingskills.com/is-total-transformation-a-scam/&quot;&gt;James Lehman total Transformation Scam&lt;/a&gt; .</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>The best way to encourage kids</title>
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         <description>One of our biggest battles as parents has been the way to motivate young people - A couple of of our teenagers in particular. One of them is just plain lazy, the other one is a struggling teen - issues in school, usually depressed, and at times particularly obnoxious.You definitely need to have a method to encourage kids, and here are a couple of ideas that we've found over the years that we've determined function quite well. One of the things we've discovered is that it's impossible for teenagers not to be inspired - it simply will depend on what they're motivated to accomplish. Very often, they're motivated to stand against us, distance themselves, or under-perform. Instead of acting out, they're acting in!Therefore just how can you encourage teens? Right here are 3 tips to get you started:1. Look at just what your teenager enjoys. The strategy here is to notice just what your kid likes to do. Do not take his word for it; he'll state nothing at all matters". Nevertheless look at his actions - does he watch a lot of Tv, enjoy video games, play on the pc?  **End Summary**  Topics: <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/parenting" rel="tag">parenting</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/children" rel="tag">children</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/teenagers" rel="tag">teenagers</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/teens" rel="tag">teens</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/child+behavior" rel="tag">child behavior</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/behavior+management" rel="tag">behavior management</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/family" rel="tag">family</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/home" rel="tag">home</a>]]> <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/marriage" rel="tag">marriage</a>]]> <![CDATA[relationships]]> <![CDATA[women's issues]]> <![CDATA[social situations]]> <![CDATA[health]]> <![CDATA[total]]><![CDATA[<p>]]> About the Author: <![CDATA[<br>]]> Matt writes articles about parenting and child raising, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://positiveparentingskills.com/does-the-total-transformation-really-work/&quot;&gt;Total Transformation&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://positiveparentingskills.com/child-behavior-problems//&quot;&gt;out-of-control kids&lt;/a&gt; .</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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