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Why Good Advice & Counseling Doesn’t Work.

Why Good Advice & Counseling Doesn’t Work.

Many families seeking change for their children arrive after trying many other routes to help their children. Whether it's anxiety that just gets worse, tantrums that have grown to an explosive level, unmotivated teens who won't do anything, escalating attentional...

How To Feel Bad When Working Hard: Taking Things Personally

How To Feel Bad When Working Hard: Taking Things Personally

In this series of mistakes that fail your family, I am highlighting common strategies that undermine your children's success and happiness. We have covered several behavioral strategies recently, but today's discussion focuses on a critical mental mistake: Taking...

The Backfire: How Good Intentions Turn South!

The Backfire: How Good Intentions Turn South!

If you have been reading this column for a while, you will recognize this 'Cale Truism' that I have addressed from many angles: Your superpower as a parent resides in your mastery of how you use your attention. What you repeatedly focus upon with your attention will...

“My Child Won’t Listen… What Should I Do?”

“My Child Won’t Listen… What Should I Do?”

As kids get older and mature with a dysregulated set of behaviors and emotions, home life can get miserable.  Equally important, the child’s life is on a trajectory of misery and struggle, and no one wants that for their child.  Thus, we must think about what genuinely changes an out-of-control child and that brain that is causing such misery at home…

The Tantrum Fixer Approach to End Tantrums/Meltdowns

The Tantrum Fixer Approach to End Tantrums/Meltdowns

Temper tantrums are a topic of perennial relevance, except more now than ever.  Why?  Because Covid has pushed the limits of many homes, with children and teens learning to ‘rule the roost’ through demand and tantrums.