Eps 58: Creating Special Time with Kelly Pfeiffer

Welcome! My guest for today’s show is a friend of mine and a fellow Positive Discipline parent educator. Kelly Pfeiffer lives in South Carolina and has raised four kids in a blended family situation. After a divorce, she remarried a man with two children, which blended their family with kids of ages 15, 15, 13, and 12. Those children are now young adults, and Kelly has been a parent educator for the last 16 years. Today’s topics include positive discipline parenting tools, focusing on our discussion of “special time,” a way to guarantee one-on-one time with each child to maintain the vital parent-child connection. Join us!
What you’ll hear in this episode:

How Kelly was introduced to Positive Discipline: “Why do parents not know this?”

Why having tools and a formula doesn’t guarantee an easy parenting road

Variables in blending families

The Special Time tool: how to present it to parents

A magical connection between parent and child

Kelly’s advice for Special Time:

Plan it and put it on the calendar

As much as possible, let it be child-led

Incorporate non-competitive games

Use bike rides, picnics, and other outdoor activities

Limit distractions (Put away your cell phone!)

Use bedtime routines

Take advantage of time with a younger child when an older one has an activity

Take advantage of time with an older child when a younger one needs to nap

Have an older child help with dinner preparation

How connection helps diffuse power struggles

Tools to repair and recover from hurts

Why parents need to say “I’m sorry”

Don’t give up when a teen is resistant

Ideas for saving Special Time money

What does Joyful Courage mean to you? “Being courageous, feeling the fear, and doing it anyway---with JOY!”

Resources:
www.thinkitthroughparenting.com
Find Kelly on Facebook and Twitter (@posdisparenting)
Become a Positive Discipline Parent Educator at Kelly’s 2-day workshop in Greenville, SC, in October
Email newsletter: Find out more and sign up for these parenting tools on Kelly’s website!
Positive Discipline by Jane Nelson, Ed.D.
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Welcome! My guest for today’s show is a friend of mine and a fellow Positive Discipline parent educator. Kelly Pfeiffer lives in South Carolina and has raised four kids in a blended family situation. After a divorce, she remarried a man with two children, which blended their family with kids of ages 15, 15, 13, and 12. Those children are now young adults, and Kelly has been a parent educator for the last 16 years. Today’s topics include positive discipline parenting tools, focusing on our discussion of “special time,” a way to guarantee one-on-one time with each child to maintain the vital parent-child connection. Join us!

What you’ll hear in this episode:

How Kelly was introduced to Positive Discipline: “Why do parents not know this?”
Why having tools and a formula doesn’t guarantee an easy parenting road
Variables in blending families
The Special Time tool: how to present it to parents
A magical connection between parent and child
Kelly’s advice for Special Time:
Plan it and put it on the calendar
As much as possible, let it be child-led
Incorporate non-competitive games
Use bike rides, picnics, and other outdoor activities
Limit distractions (Put away your cell phone!)
Use bedtime routines
Take advantage of time with a younger child when an older one has an activity
Take advantage of time with an older child when a younger one needs to nap
Have an older child help with dinner preparation
How connection helps diffuse power struggles
Tools to repair and recover from hurts
Why parents need to say “I’m sorry”
Don’t give up when a teen is resistant
Ideas for saving Special Time money
What does Joyful Courage mean to you? “Being courageous, feeling the fear, and doing it anyway---with JOY!”

Resources:

www.thinkitthroughparenting.com

Find Kelly on Facebook and Twitter (@posdisparenting)

Become a Positive Discipline Parent Educator at Kelly’s 2-day workshop in Greenville, SC, in October

Email newsletter: Find out more and sign up for these parenting tools on Kelly’s website!

Positive Discipline by Jane Nelson, Ed.D.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices