ARK for Parents Course 3

Lesson 1: Convening a Family Meeting

Family meetings should be fun experiences and can begin when the children are in elementary school. Their purpose is help family members bond together…

Lesson 2: Handling Sibling Fighting

Fighting among children within a family is so common that it is widely considered to be “normal” behavior. However, it is neither normal nor…

Lesson 3: Addressing Our Own Anger

In order to discipline children in a manner that reflects love for them, adults must learn how to deal appropriately with their own anger. Like all human…

Lesson 4: Sorting out the Teen Brain

Mark Twain once said, “When a boy turns 13, seal him in a barrel and feed him through a knot hole. When he turns 16, plug up the hole.” Twain’s words…

Lesson 5: Helping The Attention-Seeking Child

It is important that we have some insight into the reasons for children’s misbehavior. All children want to behave. They want…

Lesson 6: Dealing with the Rebellious Child

All of us want our lives to count for something. We want to engage in activities that we judge to be meaningful–that…

Lesson 7: Working with the Power-Seeking Child

Parent-child power struggles are natural, normal, and appropriate–especially when children are moving through the…