Today's Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast is a recording of and interview I gave many years ago on the Happier Kids Now Online Expo. I wanted to share it with you because I was able to provide so many ideas for helping you to help your kids behave better.

I mentioned the Dial-A-Discipline Wheel that you can purchase here.

I talked about Power Struggles and have an online video class you can purchase for $12.99 here.

Please ⁠⁠visit my website ⁠⁠and learn more about Self-Directed and facilitated Positive Parenting classes.

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In this episode:

  • About my back ground and how I got started
  • Why do kids Misbehave?
  • Kids have need they are trying to get met through their behavior.
  • Spend time with kids when they’re not misbehaving.
  • How do you identify misbehavior?
  • A systematic approach to misbehavior in your children.
  • A misbehaving child is a discouraged child.

There are 4 mistaken goals of misbehavior:

  • Attention
  • Power
  • Revenge
  • Inadequacy

Dial-A-Discipline to help identify and correct misbehavior.


  • Why do kids love to power struggle with us?
  • What age do they learn to power struggle with us?
  • What’re the 2 best ways to teach them not to power struggle with us?
  • How do you get out of a power struggle?
  • Why do kids always have to get the last word in?
  • What is the high level communication tool you can role model for your children?
  • What happens if your child is being hurtful or hateful?
  • You need to know which discipline to use on which behavior.
  • What is the child who is helpless, tired or says, “I Can’t”?
  • What is the first thing to do when your child is being hurtful or hateful?
  • How can you understand the behavior without taking it personally?
  • Mirror back to your child the impact they are having on their world.
  • An example of my daughter bing in the goal of revenge and how I handled it.
  • Valuable insights into the goal of revenge.
  • Looking at how adults model this behavior.
  • Learn to redirect a child that is whining and saying, “I can’t!”


During the last 20 minutes, Deb offers parents specific help during Q&A.


If you want more in depth information about powers struggles and the other 3 goals go to Season 1 of the Positive Parenting Pep Talks Podcast.

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