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“You Can’t Make Me!”

Using Boundaries to Build Responsibility, Cooperation & Mutual Respect

Presentation by Jane Bluestein, Ph.D.

Few things are as aggravating or exhausting as power struggles with kids. If you find yourself nagging, arguing or threatening, being ignored by your kids or having your authority challenged, then this workshop is for you. (This also works with whiners, feet-draggers and “space cadets”!)

Rather than focusing on how to react to oppositional, obnoxious, passive-aggressive or disrespectful behaviors, we’ll concentrate on how to prevent these behaviors from occuring in the first place.

In this workshop, you'll learn how to create a win-win authority relationship in which you can generate cooperation without threats or punishments. We’ll explore practical, effective strategies for reducing stress and conflict in the relationship— including setting and maintaining boundaries, following through to build accountability, increasing positivity, building trust and mutual respect, and accommodating kids’ needs for power within limits that won’t make you crazy.

Similar to Parents, Teens & Boundaries, this workshop is applicable to kids of all ages, with strategies for all parents, grandparents and other caregivers, as well as teachers and counselors.

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