Parenting Todays Teens Radio
  • When There is Conflict (7-28-2011)

     

    PODCAST SCRIPT:

    I believe conflict is the precursor to change, but it’s important to keep conflict from changing your relationship.

    First, don’t allow the crisis at hand to spill over and contaminate the rest of the relationship. It’s easy for the conflict to slip into every conversation, but don’t let it.

    Second, don’t lose the “concept of we” in middle of the conflict. The relationship that you have been building with your child is more important than the conflict at hand, so protect it.

    Third, don’t let small conflicts build up into big ones—deal with them when they happen or they’ll turn into wars.

    Conflict can be positive if you work through it in a way that your relationship remains intact.


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