Start with a good relationship
Without a good relationship, forget about setting or enforcing boundaries. Your kids won’t care. Use the 4 Emotional Needs to strengthen relationships.
The 4 Emotional Needs Challenge
I believe if more parents knew about the 4 Emotional Needs: There would be less drug and alcohol addiction, less unplanned teenaged pregnancies, less poverty and homelessness, less crime and incarceration, less mass shootings and other acts of terrorism, less...The 4 Emotional Needs
Parents find that when they meet their children’s 4 Emotional Needs, relationships strengthen, cooperation increases, kids make better choices, and children learn and practice good values.
Parenting Struggles
When parents struggle, their kids struggle too. When children struggle, that’s when they get into trouble and do things that lead to unhappiness and addiction.